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 LA – although in recent decades the numbers of this moth have been declining with habitat destruction and the invasion of beach grass (Ammophila arenaria). Dar . . . → Citeste mai mult: Luni Moth
 Un comentariu - (Comentariile sunt închise)  Entomologie  Academia de Științe din California, Entomologie, lepidoptere, Luni Moth, Molii, Specie 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 (de mai jos). Lerina incarnata (Erebidae: Arctiinae)
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Se pare ca exista o preponderenta de legende urbane care implică insecte târăște fețele noastre în timp ce noi dormim. Cel mai faimos mit este ceva de-a lungul liniilor de “tu mananci 8 păianjeni un an în timp ce doarme“. De fapt, atunci când Google că numărul variază de la 4 la 8… up to . . . → Citeste mai mult: Toate New, Moliile atac! Trimiteți acest! 5 comentarii - (Comentariile sunt închise) Entomologie, Scepticism Entomologie, Sănătate, Mass-media, Molii, Mituri, Scepticism, Păianjenii I’m going to keep the ball rolling with this series and try to make it more regular. I will also focus on highlighting a new species each week from the massive collections here at the California Academy of Sciences. This should give me enough material for… at least a few hundred years. Grammia . . . → Citeste mai mult: Luni Moth Trimiteți acest! Un comentariu - (Comentariile sunt închise) Entomologie Academia de Științe din California, Colectare, Ecologie, Entomologie, Extinct, lepidoptere, Luni Moth, Molii, Specie Map/% updated June 20, 6p.m. 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 . . . → Citeste mai mult: Arizona followup Trimiteți acest!
Hopa, este aproape marți! 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. Asterii erau groși în văile de sub Sierra acoperită cu zăpadă, iar moliile erau din belșug. . . . → Citeste mai mult: Luni Moth Trimiteți acest! 2 comentarii - (Comentariile sunt închise) Entomologie Colectare, Entomologie, Flori, lepidoptere, Molii, Fotografie
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 . . . → Citeste mai mult: Genius of the Press XVIII Trimiteți acest! Un comentariu - (Comentariile sunt închise) Entomologie, Scepticism Concurs, Entomologie, LBAM, Erorile logice, Molii, Scepticism
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, dar . . . → Citeste mai mult: Sunday Moth Trimiteți acest! 4 comentarii - (Comentariile sunt închise) Entomologie Colectare, France, French Guiana, lepidoptere, Molii, Fotografie, Tropics 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 . . . → Citeste mai mult: Rezervația Blue Oak Ranch Trimiteți acest! Comentariile sunt închise Entomologie Gandaci, Berkeley, Entomologie, Molii, Fotografie, Păianjenii, University of California 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 carefully – but this week I even came . . . → Citeste mai mult: Genius de presă XVII Trimiteți acest! 5 comentarii - (Comentariile sunt închise) Entomologie Concurs, Entomologie, LBAM, Mass-media, Molii |
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