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Welcome to the new year, and nearly a full year of blogging! It’s amazing how fast the time flew by, but again it always does. As you likely noticed December turned out to be my weakest posting month with a whopping 2 posts. Resolution: more posting! Now I haven’t started blogging about music (for those . . . → Leigh Nios mo: A ghost is born Comhroinn seo! 3 tuairimí - (Comments dúnta)  Feithideolaíocht  Feithideolaíocht, Músaem Allamuigh, Lepidoptera, Leamhain, Speiceas Nua, Sierra Nevada This moth is just about as rare as its paranormal namesake (except that it’s real) – it’s a Gazoryctra sp. in the family Hepialidae. They represent a basal lineage of the Lepidoptera and are commonly known as ghost moths or swift moths. Ghost – because males of some species are known to fly in . . . → Leigh Nios mo: Biology of a Ghost Comhroinn seo! 6 tuairimí - (Comments dúnta) Feithideolaíocht Oibriú, Feithideolaíocht, Lepidoptera, Leamhain, Speiceas Nua Ar ndóigh, ainmníodh é drewsii phallus. Tagann sé seo mar an liosta de na barr 10 speicis ainmnithe i 2009, chomhlíonadh ag Arizona State University (Ní liosta an-mhaith má 7 de mo speiceas nua nach raibh ar ann…). Cé go claonadh agam a sheachaint luibheolaíocht phallic agus O'Keeffesque, an ceann seo ní raibh mé in ann resist mar gheall ar é . . . → Leigh Nios mo: Just a ró-éasca Comhroinn seo!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 . . . → Leigh Nios mo: Tacsanomaíochta Teip Comhroinn seo! 4 tuairimí - (Comments dúnta) Feithideolaíocht Féileacáin, Crank, Feithideolaíocht, Lepidoptera, Speiceas Nua 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 . . . → Leigh Nios mo: Is féidir liom tiomáint i bhfad ró Comhroinn seo! 5 tuairimí - (Comments dúnta) Feithideolaíocht Bailiú, Feithideolaíocht, Guaiseacha de bhailiú, Lepidoptera, Leamhain, Speiceas Nua 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. . . . → Leigh Nios mo: Aquamoth! Comhroinn seo!Mar sin,, 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), . . . → Leigh Nios mo: Inaugural post Comhroinn seo! |
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