L'arte della caccia all'oca

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 . . . → Per saperne di più: L'arte della caccia all'oca

New Technique Page!

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

How I keep myself busy

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… quindi rimanete sintonizzati.

2009 was a great season. Io . . . → Per saperne di più: How I keep myself busy

Degustazione Moth in Napa

E 'stata oggi una bella giornata nella zona della baia, così ho guidato fino a Napa Valley e il Papa. Ero scouting qualche nuovo territorio per un piccolo fiore falena, Heliolonche Celeris, che a quanto pare è in attesa da più tempo è bello contigua di emergere. This season has been a bit tardy because of all of . . . → Per saperne di più: Degustazione Moth in Napa

Posso guidare troppo

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 . . . → Per saperne di più: Posso guidare troppo

Parte Aquamoth 3

A continuation of the aquamoth series, this time with video from Science Friday! Sì, I have to link it because wordpress won’t embed… Grazie 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 . . . → Per saperne di più: Rivers of Gold

Parte Aquamoth 2

Mi sono imbattuto il full-text PDF dell'articolo falena anfibia e estratto l'albero che mostra la radiazione di questo gruppo di specie e probabile evoluzione delle caratteristiche anfibie. Interessante notare la forma del caso, e ogni falena è endemica al proprio vulcano dell'arcipelago hawaiano.

This is a Bayesian analysis of . . . → Per saperne di più: Parte Aquamoth 2

Messaggio inaugurale

Così, 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), . . . → Per saperne di più: Messaggio inaugurale