El arte de la persecución del ganso

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 . . . → Leer más: El arte de la persecución del ganso

Página de nueva técnica!

I’ve just illustrated my method for spreading microlepidoptera, go explore the techniques page. Who is courageous enough to attempt it?

¿Cómo me mantengo ocupado

He estado muy ocupado extendiendo microleps en los últimos días, y he aquí una pequeña selección de mis viajes de verano la recogida. Todavía tiene al menos otro 200 por recorrer antes de ponerse al día en mi cartera. Estoy trabajando en ilustrar cómo difundir estas polillas… así que estad atentos.

2009 Fue una gran temporada. I . . . → Leer más: ¿Cómo me mantengo ocupado

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 . . . → Leer más: Moth tasting in Napa

Puede que conduzca demasiado

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 . . . → Leer más: Puede que conduzca demasiado

parte de aguamoth 3

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

Rivers of Gold

A few images from my weekend mothing trip down to Shell Creek, San Luis Obispo County. Early spring along the central coast is stunning, and the back roads were packed with flower watchers. There were dozens of cars occupied by families out for a weekend drive, many had packed lunches and sat to watch the . . . → Leer más: Rivers of Gold

parte de aguamoth 2

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 . . . → Leer más: parte de aguamoth 2

Publicación inaugural

Tan, 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, California. The massive wingspan, at 15mm, makes it pretty large for a Gelechiid moth. The genus, Gnorimoschema (pronounced nor-a-mosh-ma), . . . → Leer más: Publicación inaugural