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 floccifera – a CA endemic flower. Every trip . . . → קראו עוד: האמנות של צ'ייס אווז
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אני פשוט מאויר השיטה שלי להפצת microlepidoptera, ללכת לחקור את דף הטכניקות. מי אמיץ מספיק כדי לנסות את זה?
שתף את זה!הייתי עסוק מתפשט microleps בימים האחרונים, והנה מבחר קטן מטיולי קיץ איסוף שלי. עדיין יש לי לפחות עוד 200 ללכת לפני התעדכנות בצבר ההזמנות שלי. אני עובד על ממחיש עד כמה להפיץ עש אלה… כל כך להישאר מכוון. 2009 הייתה עונה גדולה. אני . . . → קראו עוד: איך אני מעסיק את עצמי שתף את זה!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 . . . → קראו עוד: טעימות עש בנאפה שתף את זה!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 . . . → קראו עוד: אני יכול לנהוג יותר מדי שתף את זה!A continuation of the aquamoth series, this time with video from Science Friday! כן, I have to link it because wordpress won’t embed… Thanks Ted, figured it out! שתף את זה!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 . . . → קראו עוד: Rivers of Gold שתף את זה!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 . . . → קראו עוד: Aquamoth part 2 שתף את זה!כך, 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, זֶה. The massive wingspan, at 15mm, makes it pretty large for a Gelechiid moth. The genus, Gnorimoschema (pronounced nor-a-mosh-ma), . . . → קראו עוד: Inaugural post שתף את זה! |
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