Nunc enim sum in weekends anser venandi quattuor, nam neque tinea demolitur, Heliolonche celeris. Est pulchra parva Noctuidae pinkish, cum pulchra alas anteriores et aurantiaco-rufus hindwings. Non est saepius occurrit: et in tantum reperitur in escam cedentibus montibus per borium California Malacothrix floccifera – CA a flore endemic. Quisque vestibulum . . . → Lege plus: De Arte anserino Chase
 10 comment - (Leave a Reply Name)  Natural  Natural, Flores, Discrimina Collectis, Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Non-insecta, I’ve just illustrated my method for spreading microlepidoptera, go explore the techniques page. Who is courageous enough to attempt it?
Illud communicari!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… sic subsisto tuned. 2009 was a great season. I . . . → Lege plus: How I keep myself busy Illud communicari!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 . . . → Lege plus: Moth tasting in Napa Illud communicari!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 . . . → Lege plus: Ut ejiciant nimis Illud communicari! 5 comment - (Leave a Reply Name) Natural Collectis, Natural, Discrimina Collectis, Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Novae Species Sequentia sancti series aquamoth, this time with video from Science Friday! Etiam, Wordpress quia non habeo ut link embed… Thanks Ted, instar is sicco! Illud communicari!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 . . . → Lege plus: Rivers of Gold Illud communicari!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 . . . → Lege plus: Aquamoth pars 2 Illud communicari!Sic, 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, UT. The massive wingspan, at 15mm, makes it pretty large for a Gelechiid moth. The genus, Gnorimoschema (pronounced nor-a-mosh-ma), . . . → Lege plus: Post inauguralis Illud communicari! |
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