This time, with a moth

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 . . . → Aqra Aktar: This time, with a moth

Western 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. ukoll, 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 . . . → Aqra Aktar: Western Arizona

Il Moth u Me #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 . . . → Aqra Aktar: Il Moth u Me #12

Bijoloġija ta 'Ghost

Din il-kamla hija rari daqs l-isem paranormali tagħha (ħlief li huwa reali) – huwa Gazoryctra sp. fil-familja Hepialidae. Dawn jirrappreżentaw nisel bażali tal-Lepidoptera u huma komunement magħrufa bħala ghost moths jew swift moths. Ghost – because males of some species are known to fly in . . . → Aqra Aktar: Bijoloġija ta 'Ghost

Friefet Mejju (u kamla)

Just immaġini ftit ta leps California komuni, meħuda tul il-firxa kosta qrib Santa Cruz ftit ġimgħat ilu. Jibdew jaħdmu mod tiegħi permezz ta 'xi xogħol b'lura ritratt…

Chalcedona Euphydryas

Acmon Plebejus

Acmon Plebejus

. . . → Aqra Aktar: Friefet Mejju (u kamla)

Il-Ħadd Quiz

Għas-serje ta' kwizz li rari jerġgħu jseħħu, hawn dehra ġdida. Min hi din il-kamla?

Għandu jkun jum aħbarijiet bil-mod…

Bil Korea teetering fuq it-tarf ta 'gwerra sħun, diżastru ekoloġiku ta 'proporzjon mingħajr preċedent u inkwiet ċivili fil-Ġamajka (xi ħadd harshed lixxa tagħhom) – biex insemmu biss ftit mill aħbarijiet lum minn sorsi oħra – CNN jieħu l-ħin biex tentix up paġna ta 'quddiem tagħha.

I normalment . . . → Aqra Aktar: Għandu jkun jum aħbarijiet bil-mod…

Il Moth u Me #11

Has just been posted over at Beetles in the Bush. Mur fuq u esplora l-aħħar karnival tal-kamla, ġbir ta’ blogs li dehru kamla b’xi mod jew ieħor matul l-aħħar xahar jew hekk.

Biex inti Moth-hom kollha

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 (jew $75 for the e-book, but I hate e-books). It’s a remarkable tome and the first of its kind . . . → Aqra Aktar: Biex inti Moth-hom kollha

Fwieħa Moth

Minn pepermint Pericopinae. I rreġistrati dan il-video fuq il-post fil-Kosta tat-Tramuntana Rika ftit snin ilu. Meta wasalt isfel li jtellgħu din kamla, kien diffiċli li tiġi evitata jinnota l-imġieba. Il kamla, Angulosa Chetone (Erebidae: Pericopina) ((użati biex ikunu Arctiidae)), għandha mekkaniżmu difensiv komuni għal dan il-grupp – huma . . . → Aqra Aktar: Fwieħa Moth