Viimased neli nädalavahetustel nüüd olen olnud hane tagaajamine, üks koi, Speedy Heliolonche. See on ilus väike Noctuidae koos roosakas esitiivad ja uimastamise punakasoranž hindwings. Ei ole väga sageli esinenud ja ainult leitud piki Põhja-California mäeahelikud toituvad Malacothrix floccifera – CA endeemiline lill. Iga reis . . . → Loe edasi: The Art of Goose Chase
 10 Kommentaarid - (Kommentaarid on suletud)  Entomoloogia  Entomoloogia, Lilled, Ohtude kogumise, Lepidoptera, Koid, Mitte-Putukad I’ve just illustrated my method for spreading microlepidoptera, go explore the techniques page. Who is courageous enough to attempt it?
Jagage seda! 4 Kommentaarid - (Kommentaarid on suletud) Entomoloogia Kollektsioneerimine, Entomoloogia, Lepidoptera, Koid, tehnika 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… nii stay tuned. 2009 was a great season. I . . . → Loe edasi: How I keep myself busy Jagage seda! 3 Kommentaarid - (Kommentaarid on suletud) Entomoloogia Kollektsioneerimine, Entomoloogia, Lepidoptera, Koid 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, Speedy Heliolonche, that apparently is waiting for more contiguous nice weather to emerge. This season has been a bit tardy because of all of . . . → Loe edasi: Moth tasting in Napa Jagage seda! 11 Kommentaarid - (Kommentaarid on suletud) Entomoloogia Kollektsioneerimine, Entomoloogia, Lepidoptera, Koid 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 . . . → Loe edasi: I may drive too much Jagage seda! 5 Kommentaarid - (Kommentaarid on suletud) Entomoloogia Kollektsioneerimine, Entomoloogia, Ohtude kogumise, Lepidoptera, Koid, Uued liigid A continuation of the aquamoth series, this time with video from Science Friday! Jah, I have to link it because wordpress won’t embed… Thanks Ted, figured it out! Jagage seda! 2 Kommentaarid - (Kommentaarid on suletud) Entomoloogia Kollektsioneerimine, Entomoloogia, Lepidoptera, Koid, Liigid 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 . . . → Loe edasi: Rivers of Gold Jagage seda!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 . . . → Loe edasi: Aquamoth part 2 Jagage seda!Nii, 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), . . . → Loe edasi: Avapostitus Jagage seda! |
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