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 . . . → Preberite več: The Art of a Goose Chase
 10 Komentarji - (Komentarji so zaprti)  Entomologija  Entomologija, Cvetje, Nevarnosti Zbiranje, Lepidoptera, Molji, Non-Žuželke Pravkar sem ponazarja moje metode za širjenje Microlepidoptera, iti raziskati stran tehnik. Kdo je dovolj pogumen, da ga poskušajo?
Skupna raba tega! 4 Komentarji - (Komentarji so zaprti) Entomologija Zbiranje, Entomologija, Lepidoptera, Molji, Tehnike Bil sem zaposlen širi microleps v zadnjih nekaj dneh, in tukaj je majhen izbor iz mojih poletnih zbiranja izletov. Še vsaj ena 200 iti pred nadoknaditi na moji zaostankov. Delam na ilustrira, kako širiti te molji… zato ostanite z nami. 2009 je bil velik sezona. I . . . → Preberite več: Kako sem obdržati zase zaseden Skupna raba tega!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 . . . → Preberite več: Moth tasting in Napa Skupna raba tega!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 . . . → Preberite več: I may drive too much Skupna raba tega! 5 Komentarji - (Komentarji so zaprti) Entomologija Zbiranje, Entomologija, Nevarnosti Zbiranje, Lepidoptera, Molji, Nove vrste A continuation of the aquamoth series, this time with video from Science Friday! Da, I have to link it because wordpress won’t embed… Thanks Ted, figured it out! Skupna raba tega! 2 Komentarji - (Komentarji so zaprti) Entomologija Zbiranje, Entomologija, Lepidoptera, Molji, Vrste Nekaj slik z mojega vikenda mothing potovanja v Shell Creek, Okrožje San Luis Obispo. Zgodnja pomlad ob osrednji obali je osupljiva, in zadnje ceste so bile polne opazovalcev cvetja. Na desetine avtomobilov, ki so jih zasedle družine, je bilo za vožnjo ob koncu tedna, many had packed lunches and sat to watch the . . . → Preberite več: Zlate reke Skupna raba tega!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 . . . → Preberite več: Aquamoth del 2 Skupna raba tega!Tako, 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), . . . → Preberite več: Inaugural post Skupna raba tega! |
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