Jumatatu nondo

Nitaweka mpira ukiendelea na Arctiinae na kutuma picha leo ya Ctenucha brunnea. Nondo hii inaweza kuwa ya kawaida katika nyasi ndefu kando ya fuo kutoka San Francisco hadi LA – ingawa katika miongo ya hivi karibuni idadi ya nondo hii imekuwa ikipungua kutokana na uharibifu wa makazi na uvamizi wa nyasi za pwani. (Ammophila arenaria). Lakini . . . → Soma Zaidi: Jumatatu nondo

Jumatatu nondo

Leo nondo ni nzuri na adimu kutoka SE Arizona na Mexico: Lerina ilivyo (Erebidae: Artiinae). Kama wengine wengi aina siku kuruka ni brilliantly rangi na uwezekano kabisa aposematic. Baada ya yote, kupanda jeshi ni milkweed na caterpillar ni tu kama stunning (chini).

Lerina ilivyo (Erebidae: Artiinae)

 

Hii . . . → Soma Zaidi: Jumatatu nondo

All New, Mashambulizi Nondo!

Inaonekana kuna hadithi nyingi za mijini ambazo zinahusisha wadudu kutambaa kwenye nyuso zetu wakati tunalala.. Hadithi maarufu zaidi ni kitu kando ya mistari ya “unakula 8 buibui mwaka wakati wa kulala“. Kwa kweli unapo google nambari hiyo inaanzia 4 kwa 8… hadi . . . → Soma Zaidi: All New, Mashambulizi Nondo!

Jumatatu nondo

Nitaweka mpira ukiendelea na mfululizo huu na kujaribu kuufanya kuwa wa kawaida zaidi. Pia nitazingatia kuangazia spishi mpya kila wiki kutoka kwa mkusanyiko mkubwa hapa katika Chuo cha Sayansi cha California. Hii inapaswa kunipa nyenzo za kutosha… angalau miaka mia chache.

Grammia . . . → Soma Zaidi: Jumatatu nondo

Ufuatiliaji wa Arizona

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 . . . → Soma Zaidi: Ufuatiliaji wa Arizona

Jumatatu nondo

Whoops, 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. . . . → Soma Zaidi: Jumatatu nondo

Fikra wa Vyombo vya Habari XVIII

 

Nani anaweza kuniambia nini kibaya chini? Si tu ni dhahiri tatizo picha, 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 . . . → Soma Zaidi: Fikra wa Vyombo vya Habari XVIII

Jumapili Moth

 

Kila mtu anafahamu kichwa cha hawkmoth maarufu cha kifo, lakini nadhani ni aibu tumeeneza tabia mbaya kama hii. Hapo juu ni Neotropical Arctiinae mwenye furaha zaidi kutoka French Guiana ambaye anaonekana kama anacheza sura ya mcheshi.. Cha kusikitisha ni kwamba hii sio picha yangu, lakini . . . → Soma Zaidi: Jumapili Moth

Blue Oak Ranch Reserve

Wiki chache zilizopita nilialikwa kujiunga Berkeley entomolojia darasa katika shamba kwa mwishoni mwa wiki. Our destination was the Blue Oak Ranch Reserve; moja ya hifadhi mpya zaidi na Chuo Kikuu cha California mfumo iko nje ya San Jose juu ya Mlima Hamilton (ramani hapo chini). It was a . . . → Soma Zaidi: Blue Oak Ranch Reserve

Fikra wa Vyombo vya Habari 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 . . . → Soma Zaidi: Fikra wa Vyombo vya Habari XVII