Tentokrát, s můra

Here are a few more images from my recent northern road trip, this time from western Idaho. Right outside the town of New Meadows were fields of flowers thick with life. It was some of the best day collecting I’ve done in years, and fellow road tripper Peter Jump and I discovered this . . . → Přečtěte si více: Tentokrát, s můra

Západní Arizona

A few months ago I was out collecting in western Arizona and failed to follow through with any images or updates on that trip. Dobře, it was a success and well worth the miles to get there! I was searching for a Crambid moth in the mountains of the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge (special thanks . . . → Přečtěte si více: Západní Arizona

Můra a já #12

Welcome to The Moth and Me #12, and my first blog carnival. Despite blogging for a few months I have yet to take a look back and reflect on exactly how I became enamored with lepidoptera in the first place. Remembering a time or location where this happened is impossible, and like . . . → Přečtěte si více: Můra a já #12

Biology of a Ghost

This moth is just about as rare as its paranormal namesake (except that it’s real) – it’s a Gazoryctra sp. in the family Hepialidae. They represent a basal lineage of the Lepidoptera and are commonly known as ghost moths or swift moths. Ghostbecause males of some species are known to fly in . . . → Přečtěte si více: Biology of a Ghost

květní motýli (a můra)

Just a few images of common California leps, taken along the coast range near Santa Cruz a few weeks ago. Starting to work my way through some photo backlog

Euphydryas chalcedona

Plebejus Acmon

Plebejus Acmon

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Nedělní kvíz

Pro zřídka se opakující kvízové ​​série, tady je nový obrázek. Kdo je tato můra?

Must be a slow news day

With Korea teetering on the edge of a hot war, an ecological disaster of unprecedented proportion and civil unrest in Jamaica (someone harshed their mellow) – just to name a few of todays headlines from other sourcesCNN takes the time to fluff up its front page.

I usually . . . → Přečtěte si více: Must be a slow news day

Můra a já #11

Has just been posted over at Beetles in the Bush. Go over and explore the latest moth carnival, a gathering of blogs that have featured moths in one way or another over the last month or so.

Pro vás všechny molům ERS

Pro ty, kteří si nejsou vědomi, Nová kniha dostaly na trh koncem minulého roku. “Můry západní Severní Ameriky“, Powell a Opler. Na pouhých $95 je to stojí za každý cent (nebo $75 pro e-knihy, ale nesnáším e-knih). Je to pozoruhodné, tome a první svého druhu . . . → Přečtěte si více: Pro vás všechny molům ERS

Moth Parfémy

Z máty peprné Pericopinae. Toto video jsem nahrál na místě v severní Kostarice před několika lety. Když jsem sáhl dolů, abych zvedl tohoto můra, bylo těžké vyhnout se povšimnutí chování. Můra, Chetone angulosa (Erebidae: Pericopina) ((bývali Arctiidae)), má pro tuto skupinu společný obranný mechanismus – oni . . . → Přečtěte si více: Moth Parfémy