Ponedjeljak Moljac

I’ll keep the ball rolling with Arctiinae and post a photo today of Ctenucha brunnea. This moth can be common in tall grasses along beaches from San Francisco to LAalthough in recent decades the numbers of this moth have been declining with habitat destruction and the invasion of beach grass (Ammophila arenaria). Ali . . . → Opširnije: Ponedjeljak Moljac

Ponedjeljak Moljac

Today’s moth is a beautiful and rare species from SE Arizona and Mexico: Lerina incarnata (Erebidae: Arctiinae). Like many other day flying species it is brilliantly colored and quite likely aposematic. After all, the host plant is a milkweed and the caterpillar is just as stunning (ispod).

Lerina incarnata (Erebidae: Arctiinae)

 

Ovaj . . . → Opširnije: Ponedjeljak Moljac

Sve novo, Napadni moljci!

Čini se kao da prevladavaju urbane legende koje uključuju kukce koji nam se uvlače u lice dok spavamo. Najpoznatiji mit je nešto nalik na “ti jedeš 8 pauci godišnje dok spavaju“. Zapravo kada proguglate taj broj se kreće od 4 do 8… up to . . . → Opširnije: Sve novo, Napadni moljci!

Ponedjeljak Moljac

Ja ću zadržati loptu valjanje u ovoj seriji i pokušati napraviti što više redovito. Također ću se usredotočiti na isticanje nove vrste svaki tjedan od golemih zbirki ovdje na California Academy of Sciences. To nam daje dovoljno materijala za… barem nekoliko stotina godina.

Grammia . . . → Opširnije: Ponedjeljak Moljac

Arizona Praćenje

Map/% updated June 20, 6am.

Updates to the maps and containment percentages have been made to my earlier post. Here is a map of the 4th fire burning in SE Arizona, the Monument fire. This one is only 10% 17% 15% 27% contained and is burning in the southern end of the Huachuca Mountains . . . → Opširnije: Arizona Praćenje

Ponedjeljak Moljac

Whoops, it’s almost Tuesday! Above is Schinia ligeae (sovice) resting on its host plant Xylorhiza tortifolia, the Mojave Aster. I photographed this about three weeks ago outside the town of Big Pine, Kalifornija. The asters were thick in the valleys below the snow capped Sierra, and the moths were abundant. . . . → Opširnije: Ponedjeljak Moljac

Genij tiska XVIII

 

Tko mi može reći što nije u redu u nastavku? Ne samo da je očiti problem fotografije, ali autor članka poduzima neke logične korake kako bi podržao svoju premisu. Tko mi može reći koje su njegove logičke pogreške? Još neću povezivati ​​cijeli članak jer je to već učinio poznati Lepidopterist . . . → Opširnije: Genij tiska XVIII

Nedjelja Moth

 

Everyone is familiar with the famous death’s head hawkmoth, ali mislim da je šteta što smo popularizirali tako mračan lik. Iznad je mnogo veselija Neotropical Arctiinae iz Francuske Gvajane koja izgleda kao da ima lice klauna. Nažalost ovo nije moja fotografija, ali . . . → Opširnije: Nedjelja Moth

Blue Oak Ranch Reserve

A few weeks ago I was invited to join a Berkeley entomology class out in the field for the weekend. Our destination was the Blue Oak Ranch Reserve; one of the newest reserves to the University of California system located just outside of San Jose on Mount Hamilton (map below). It was a . . . → Opširnije: Blue Oak Ranch Reserve

Genius of the Press XVII

Usually I come across horrible entomology articles regularly enough that I save a backlog for future series. This hasn’t been the case over the last few weeks, I haven’t come across the normal array of terrible media crud. Maybe I just get jaded and stop looking as carefullybut this week I even came . . . → Opširnije: Genius of the Press XVII