Vir die laaste vier naweke ek nou al op 'n gans jaag, vir een mot, Speedy Heliolonche. Dit is 'n pragtige klein Noctuidae met pienk voorvlerke en 'n pragtige oranje-rooi agter vlerke. It isn’t very often encountered and only found along the northern California mountain ranges feeding on Malacothrix floccifera – 'n GR endemiese blom. Every trip . . . → Lees meer: Die kuns van 'n gans Chase
 10 kommentaar - (Kommentaar gesluit)  Entomologie  Entomologie, Blomme, Gevare van Insameling, Lepidoptera, Motte, Nie-Insekte I’ve just illustrated my method for spreading microlepidoptera, go explore the techniques page. Who is courageous enough to attempt it?
Deel hierdie!I’ve been busy spreading microleps over the last few days, and here is a small selection from my summer collecting trips. Still have at least another 200 to go before catching up on my backlog. I am working on illustrating just how to spread these moths… so bly ingeskakel. 2009 was a great season. Ek . . . → Lees meer: Hoe ek myself besig hou Deel hierdie!Dit was 'n pragtige dag vandag in die baai area, so ek is na Napa en die Pousvallei toe. Ek was besig om 'n nuwe gebied te soek vir 'n klein blommot, Speedy Heliolonche, wat blykbaar wag vir meer aaneenlopende mooi weer om te voorskyn te kom. This season has been a bit tardy because of all of . . . → Lees meer: Mot proe in Napa Deel hierdie!The clouds broke this afternoon in San Francisco and the sun began to shine. The upcoming warm weather induced an all too familiar feeling, one that I should be out collecting insects and not sitting indoors! While I have already been to a handful of places this spring, I have a long season of collecting . . . → Lees meer: Ek ry dalk te veel Deel hierdie! 5 kommentaar - (Kommentaar gesluit) Entomologie Versamel, Entomologie, Gevare van Insameling, Lepidoptera, Motte, Nuwe spesies A continuation of the aquamoth series, this time with video from Science Friday! Ja, I have to link it because wordpress won’t embed… Dankie Ted, figured it out! Deel hierdie!'N Paar foto's van my naweek mothing reis af na Shell Creek, San Luis Obispo County. Vroeg in die lente langs die sentrale kus is stunning, en die agterkant paaie was gepak met blomkykers. Daar was dekades van motors bewoon word deur families uit vir 'n naweek ry, many had packed lunches and sat to watch the . . . → Lees meer: Riviere van Goud Deel hierdie!I came across the full-text PDF of the amphibious moth article and extracted the tree showing the radiation of this species group and probable evolution of the amphibious traits. Interesting to note the case shape, and each moth is endemic to its own volcano in the Hawaiian archipelago. This is a Bayesian analysis of . . . → Lees meer: Aquamoth deel 2 Deel hierdie!so, how do I begin a new blog? Tough question, but perhaps this is a good time to show off a fun new species. This moth was collected last year outside of Santa Barbara, CA. The massive wingspan, at 15mm, makes it pretty large for a Gelechiid moth. The genus, Gnorimoschema (pronounced nor-a-mosh-ma), . . . → Lees meer: Inaugural post Deel hierdie! |
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