De kunst van een Goose Chase

Voor de laatste vier weekenden nu heb ik op een gans achtervolging geweest, voor een mot, Speedy Heliolonche. Het is een prachtige kleine uilen met roze voorvleugels en prachtige oranjerode achtervleugels. It isn’t very often encountered and only found along the northern California mountain ranges feeding on Malacothrix floccifera – een CA endemische bloem. Every trip . . . → Lees meer: De kunst van een Goose Chase

Nieuwe techniek Pagina!

Ik heb net geïllustreerd mijn methode voor het verspreiden van microlepidoptera, ga verkennen van de pagina technieken. Who is courageous enough to attempt it?

Hoe houd ik me bezig

Ik ben druk bezig geweest verspreiden microleps de afgelopen dagen, en hier is een kleine selectie van mijn zomer reizen verzamelen. Nog steeds ten minste een ander 200 te gaan voordat een inhaalslag op mijn achterstand. Ik ben bezig met het illustreren hoe deze motten verspreiden… dus stay tuned.

2009 was een geweldig seizoen. Ik . . . → Lees meer: Hoe houd ik me bezig

Moth tasting in Napa

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 . . . → Lees meer: Moth tasting in Napa

I may drive too much

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 . . . → Lees meer: I may drive too much

Aquamoth part 3

A continuation of the aquamoth series, this time with video from Science Friday! Ja, I have to link it because wordpress won’t embedThanks 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 . . . → Lees meer: Rivers of Gold

Aquamoth part 2

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 . . . → Lees meer: Aquamoth part 2

Inaugural post

Dus, 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), . . . → Lees meer: Inaugural post