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Welcome to the new year, en byna 'n volle jaar van blog! Dit is ongelooflik hoe vinnig die tyd gevlieg deur, Maar weereens dit altyd doen. As jy waarskynlik opgemerk Desember uitgedraai na my swakste plaas maand met 'n yslike wees 2 poste. Resolusie: meer boodskap! Nou ek het nog nie begin blog oor musiek (Vir diegene . . . → Lees meer: 'N Spook word gebore Deel hierdie! 3 kommentaar - (Kommentaar gesluit)  Entomologie  Entomologie, Field Museum, Lepidoptera, Motte, Nuwe spesies, Sierra Nevada Hierdie mot is net oor so skaars soos sy naamgenoot paranormale (behalwe dat dit is werklik) – dit is 'n Gazoryctra SP. in die familie Hepialidae. Hulle verteenwoordig 'n basale tak van die Lepidoptera en is algemeen bekend as spook motte of vinnige motte. spook – omdat mans van 'n paar spesies is bekend om te vlieg in . . . → Lees meer: Biologie van 'n Ghost Deel hierdie! 6 kommentaar - (Kommentaar gesluit) Entomologie Gedrag, Entomologie, Lepidoptera, Motte, Nuwe spesies Natuurlik, dit was die naam van Phallus drewsii. Dit kom van die lys van die top 10 spesies wat in 2009, voldoen deur Arizona State University (nie 'n baie goeie lys as 7 van my nuwe spesies is nie op daar…). Terwyl ek geneig falliese en O'Keeffesque Plant te vermy, hierdie een Ek kon nie weerstaan nie, omdat dit . . . → Lees meer: Net te maklik Deel hierdie!Recently came across some ridiculously horrible taxonomy from China (.pdf). If you scroll down a bit you can see the english translation. At first glance this looks like a standard taxonomy paper with bare-bones species descriptions. You might even think to yourself, “huh, wonder why they are describing species from only one specimen”. Not the . . . → Lees meer: Taksonomie Fail Deel hierdie! 4 kommentaar - (Kommentaar gesluit) Entomologie skoenlappers, Crank, Entomologie, Lepidoptera, Nuwe spesies 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: Ek ry dalk te veel Deel hierdie! 5 kommentaar - (Kommentaar gesluit) Entomologie Versamel, Entomologie, Gevare van Insameling, Lepidoptera, Motte, Nuwe spesies Another amazing animal from Hawaii – a completely amphibious caterpillar (published in the March 22 PNAS). While there are a few aquatic Lepidoptera, all of them have gills that keep them restricted to the water (mind you, we are talking only about the larval stage). If their stream dries up, so does the caterpillar. . . . → Lees meer: Aquamoth! Deel hierdie!so, 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 Deel hierdie! |
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