Понедељак Мољац

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). Али . . . → Прочитајте више: Понедељак Мољац

Понедељак Мољац

Today’s moth is a beautiful and rare species from SE Arizona and Mexico: Lerina incarnata (Еребидае: Арцтиинае). 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 (испод).

Lerina incarnata (Еребидае: Арцтиинае)

 

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Алл Нев, Аттацк Мотхс!

Чини се као да је надмоћ урбаних легенди које укључују инсекти пузе на нашим лицима док спавамо. Најпознатији мит је нешто на линији “једете 8 спидерс годишње, док спава“. Заправо кад гоогле да се број креће од 4 то 8… све до . . . → Прочитајте више: Алл Нев, Аттацк Мотхс!

Понедељак Мољац

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 forat least a few hundred years.

Grammia . . . → Прочитајте више: Понедељак Мољац

Arizona followup

Map/% updated June 20, 6ам.

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 . . . → Прочитајте више: Arizona followup

Понедељак Мољац

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

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 . . . → Прочитајте више: Genius of the Press XVIII

Сундаи Мотх

 

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, али . . . → Прочитајте више: Сундаи Мотх

Блуе Оак Ранцх Ресерве

Пре неколико недеља сам био позван да се придружи Беркли ентомологије класу на терену за викенд. Наше одредиште је Плава Оак Ранцх Ресерве; један од најновијих резерви на Универзитету у Калифорнији система који се налазе недалеко од Сан Јосе на планини Хамилтон (мап испод). То је био . . . → Прочитајте више: Блуе Оак Ранцх Ресерве

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 . . . → Прочитајте више: Genius of the Press XVII