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 . . . → Soma Zaidi: Wakati huu, na nondo
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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. Vizuri, 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 . . . → Soma Zaidi: Western Arizona Kushiriki hii!
Karibu kwenye The Nondo and Me #12, na kanivali yangu ya kwanza ya blogu. Licha ya kublogi kwa miezi michache bado sijaangalia nyuma na kutafakari jinsi nilivyovutiwa na lepidoptera hapo awali.. Kukumbuka wakati au mahali ambapo hii ilitokea haiwezekani, na kama . . . → Soma Zaidi: Nondo na Mimi #12 Kushiriki hii!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 . . . → Soma Zaidi: Biolojia ya Roho Kushiriki hii!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
. . . → Soma Zaidi: May Butterflies (and a moth) Kushiriki hii!For the rarely reoccurring quiz series, here is a new image. Who is this moth? Kushiriki hii!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 . . . → Soma Zaidi: Lazima iwe siku ya habari polepole… Kushiriki hii!Imetoka kuchapishwa huko Beetles in the Bush. Nenda na ukague kanivali ya hivi punde ya nondo, mkusanyiko wa blogu ambazo zimeangazia nondo kwa njia moja au nyingine katika kipindi cha mwezi mmoja hivi uliopita. Kushiriki hii!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 (au $75 for the e-book, but I hate e-books). It’s a remarkable tome and the first of its kind . . . → Soma Zaidi: Kwa wote nondo-ers Kushiriki hii!Kutoka peremende Pericopinae. Mimi kumbukumbu video hii kwenye tovuti ya kaskazini mwa Costa Rica miaka michache iliyopita. Nilipofika chini kuchukua nondo hii, ilikuwa ni vigumu kuepuka noticing tabia. nondo, Chetone ngulosa (Erebidae: Pericopina) ((kutumika kwa kuwa Arctiidae)), ina kawaida ya kujihami utaratibu wa kundi hili – they . . . → Soma Zaidi: nondo Manukato Kushiriki hii! 5 maoni - (Maoni ni kufungwa)  Entomolojia  Vipepeo, Defensive Behavior, Entomolojia, Hatari ya kukusanya, Lepidoptera, Nondo |
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