Kunsten at gåsejagt

For the last four weekends now I have been on a goose chase, for one moth, Heliolonche celeris. It’s a beautiful small Noctuidae with pinkish forewings and stunning orange-red hindwings. It isn’t very often encountered and only found along the northern California mountain ranges feeding on Malacothrix flocciferaa CA endemic flower. Every trip . . . → Læs mere: Kunsten at gåsejagt

Ny Teknik Side!

Jeg har netop illustreret min metode til spredning microlepidoptera, gå udforske teknikker siden. Hvem er modig nok til at forsøge det?

Hvordan jeg holder mig travlt

Jeg har haft travlt sprede microleps i løbet af de sidste par dage, og her er et lille udvalg fra min sommer indsamling ture. Stadig har mindst en anden 200 at gå, før at fange op på min efterslæb. Jeg arbejder på at illustrere, hvor at sprede disse møl… så stay tuned.

2009 var en stor sæson. Jeg . . . → Læs mere: Hvordan jeg holder mig travlt

Moth tasting in Napa

It was a beautiful day today in the bay area, so I headed up to Napa and the Pope Valley. I was scouting some new territory for a small flower moth, Heliolonche celeris, that apparently is waiting for more contiguous nice weather to emerge. This season has been a bit tardy because of all of . . . → Læs mere: Moth tasting in Napa

I may drive too much

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 . . . → Læs mere: I may drive too much

Aquamoth del 3

A continuation of the aquamoth series, this time with video from Science Friday! Ja, I have to link it because wordpress won’t embed… Tak Ted, figured it out!

Floder af guld

Et par billeder fra min weekendtur ned til Shell Creek, San Luis Obispo County. Det tidlige forår langs den centrale kyst er fantastisk, og bagvejene var fyldt med blomsterkiggere. Der var snesevis af biler optaget af familier ude på en weekendtur, many had packed lunches and sat to watch the . . . → Læs mere: Floder af guld

Aquamoth del 2

Jeg stødte på fuldtekst-PDFen af ​​artiklen om amfibisk møl og udtog træet, der viser strålingen fra denne artsgruppe og den sandsynlige udvikling af de amfibiske egenskaber. Interessant at bemærke sagens form, og hver møl er endemisk for sin egen vulkan i Hawaii-øgruppen.

This is a Bayesian analysis of . . . → Læs mere: Aquamoth del 2

Inaugural post

Så, 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, Californien. The massive wingspan, at 15mm, makes it pretty large for a Gelechiid moth. The genus, Gnorimoschema (pronounced nor-a-mosh-ma), . . . → Læs mere: Inaugural post