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 . . . → Li piplis: This time, with a moth
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A few months ago I was out collecting in western Arizona and failed to follow through with any images or updates on that trip. Oke, 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 . . . → Li piplis: Western Arizona Pataje sa a!
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 . . . → Li piplis: The Moth and Me #12 Pataje sa a! 10 kòmantè - (Kòmantè yo fèmen)  Antomoloji  Carnival, Antomoloji, Lepidoptèr, Papiyon, The Moth and Me 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. Ghost – because males of some species are known to fly in . . . → Li piplis: Biyoloji nan yon Sentespri Pataje sa a!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
Plebeyen akmon
Plebeyen akmon
. . . → Li piplis: May Butterflies (and a moth) Pataje sa a!For the rarely reoccurring quiz series, here is a new image. Who is this moth? Pataje sa a!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 sources – CNN takes the time to fluff up its front page.
I usually . . . → Li piplis: Must be a slow news day… Pataje sa a!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. Pataje sa a!For those who are not aware, a new book hit the market at the end of last year. “The Moths of Western North America“, Powell and Opler. At only $95 it’s worth every cent (oswa $75 for the e-book, but I hate e-books). It’s a remarkable tome and the first of its kind . . . → Li piplis: To all you Moth-ers Pataje sa a!Soti nan yon mant Pericopinae. Mwen anrejistre videyo sa a sou-sou sit nan nò Costa Rica yon kèk ane de sa. Lè m 'te rive nan desann nan ranmase vè sa a, li te difisil pou fè pou evite remarke konpòtman an. Vè a, Chetone angulosa (Erebidae: Pericopina) ((itilize yo dwe Arctiidae)), gen yon mekanis komen defans pou gwoup sa a – yo . . . → Li piplis: Vè pafen Pataje sa a! 5 kòmantè - (Kòmantè yo fèmen) Antomoloji Papiyon, Konpòtman Defans, Antomoloji, Danje ki gen nan nan Kolekte, Lepidoptèr, Papiyon |
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