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 . . . → Skaityti daugiau: The Art of a Goose Chase
 10 komentarai - (Komentarai nepriimami)  Entomologija  Entomologija, Gėlės, Pavojų Kolekcionavimas, Drugiai Lepidoptera, Kandys, Ne Vabzdžiai I’ve just illustrated my method for spreading microlepidoptera, go explore the techniques page. Who is courageous enough to attempt it?
Dalytis šiuo! 4 komentarai - (Komentarai nepriimami) Entomologija Rinkti, Entomologija, Drugiai Lepidoptera, Kandys, Būdai 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… taigi stay tuned. 2009 was a great season. I . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Kaip aš esu užsiėmęs Dalytis šiuo! 3 komentarai - (Komentarai nepriimami) Entomologija Rinkti, Entomologija, Drugiai Lepidoptera, Kandys 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 . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Moth tasting in Napa Dalytis šiuo! 11 komentarai - (Komentarai nepriimami) Entomologija Rinkti, Entomologija, Drugiai Lepidoptera, Kandys 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 . . . → Skaityti daugiau: I may drive too much Dalytis šiuo! 5 komentarai - (Komentarai nepriimami) Entomologija Rinkti, Entomologija, Pavojų Kolekcionavimas, Drugiai Lepidoptera, Kandys, Naujos rūšys A continuation of the aquamoth series, this time with video from Science Friday! Taip, I have to link it because wordpress won’t embed… Ačiū Ted, figured it out! Dalytis šiuo! 2 komentarai - (Komentarai nepriimami) Entomologija Rinkti, Entomologija, Drugiai Lepidoptera, Kandys, Rūšis 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 . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Rivers of Gold Dalytis šiuo! 6 komentarai - (Komentarai nepriimami) Entomologija Entomologija, Gėlės, Drugiai Lepidoptera, Kandys 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 . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Aquamoth part 2 Dalytis šiuo!Taip, 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), . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Inaugural post Dalytis šiuo! Komentarai nepriimami Entomologija Entomologija, Gelechiidae, Drugiai Lepidoptera, Kandys, Naujos rūšys |
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