Pirmadienis Drugelis

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). Tačiau . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Pirmadienis Drugelis

Pirmadienis Drugelis

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 (žemiau).

Lerina incarnata (Erebidae: Arctiinae)

 

Tai . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Pirmadienis Drugelis

Visi Naujas, Attack kandys!

It seems like there is a preponderance of urban legends that involve insects crawling into our faces while we sleep. The most famous myth is something along the lines ofyou eat 8 spiders a year while sleeping“. Actually when you google that the number ranges from 4 to 8up to . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Visi Naujas, Attack kandys!

Pirmadienis Drugelis

Aš ruošiuosi išlaikyti kamuolys valcavimo su šios serijos ir pabandyti padaryti jį labiau įprastas. Aš taip pat sutelkti dėmesį į išryškinti naujas rūšis kiekvieną savaitę nuo masinių kolekcijų čia Kalifornijos mokslų akademijos. Tai turėtų duoti man pakankamai medžiagą… bent kelis šimtus metų.

Grammia . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Pirmadienis Drugelis

Arizona followup

Map/% updated June 20, 6pm.

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 . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Arizona followup

Pirmadienis Drugelis

Oi, tai beveik antradienis! Above is Schinia ligeae (Noctuidae) resting on its host plant Xylorhiza tortifolia, the Mojave Aster. I photographed this about three weeks ago outside the town of Big Pine, Kalifornija. Į Astra buvo storas žemiau sniego apriboto Siera slėnių, ir kandys buvo gausu. . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Pirmadienis Drugelis

Genius of the Press XVIII

 

Who can tell me what’s wrong below? Not only is it the obvious photo problem, but the author of the article takes some logical leaps to support his premise. Who can tell me what his logical fallacies are? I won’t link to the entire article quite yet because a well known Lepidopterist has already . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Genius of the Press XVIII

Sekmadienio kandis

 

Everyone is familiar with the famous death’s head hawkmoth, bet manau, kad gaila, kad išpopuliarinome tokį niūrų personažą. Viršuje yra daug linksmesnis neotropinis Arctiinae iš Prancūzijos Gvianos, kuris atrodo kaip klouno veidas.. Deja, tai ne mano nuotrauka, bet . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Sekmadienio kandis

Blue Oak Ranch draustinis

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 . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Blue Oak Ranch draustinis

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 . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Genius of the Press XVII