Poniedziałek Moth

Będę potoczyły się Arctiinae i zamieścić zdjęcie dzisiaj Ctenucha brunnea. To może być wspólne ćma w wysokich traw wzdłuż plaż z San Francisco do Los Angeles – choć w ostatnich dziesięcioleciach liczba tego ćmy maleje o niszczenie siedlisk i inwazji na plaży trawie (Piaskownica zwyczajna). Ale . . . → Czytaj więcej: Poniedziałek Moth

Poniedziałek Moth

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 (poniżej).

Lerina incarnata (Erebidae: Arctiinae)

 

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All New, Attack Moths!

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 . . . → Czytaj więcej: All New, Attack Moths!

Poniedziałek Moth

Zamierzam zachować potoczyły z tej serii i spróbować uczynić go bardziej regularne. Będę również skupić się na podkreśleniu nowych gatunków w każdym tygodniu od ogromnych zbiorów tutaj w California Academy of Sciences. To powinno dać mi wystarczająco dużo materiału do… co najmniej kilkaset lat.

Grammia . . . → Czytaj więcej: Poniedziałek Moth

Arizona nawiązanie

Map/% updated June 20, 6po południu.

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 . . . → Czytaj więcej: Arizona nawiązanie

Poniedziałek Moth

Ups!, it’s almost Tuesday! 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, California. The asters were thick in the valleys below the snow capped Sierra, and the moths were abundant. . . . → Czytaj więcej: Poniedziałek Moth

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 . . . → Czytaj więcej: Genius of the Press XVIII

Sunday Moth

 

Everyone is familiar with the famous death’s head hawkmoth, but I think it’s a shame we have popularized such a grim character. Above is a much more cheery Neotropical Arctiinae from French Guiana that looks like it’s sporting a clown face. Sadly this isn’t my photograph, ale . . . → Czytaj więcej: Sunday 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 . . . → Czytaj więcej: Blue Oak Ranch Reserve

Geniusz prasy 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 . . . → Czytaj więcej: Geniusz prasy XVII