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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 . . . → Per saperne di più: A ghost is born Condividi questo! 3 commenti - (I commenti sono chiusi)  Entomologia  Entomologia, field Museum, Lepidotteri, falene, Nuova Specie, 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 . . . → Per saperne di più: Biology of a Ghost Condividi questo! 6 commenti - (I commenti sono chiusi) Entomologia Comportamento, Entomologia, Lepidotteri, falene, Nuova Specie Naturalmente, it was named Phallus drewsii. This comes form the list of the top 10 species named in 2009, complied by Arizona State University (not a very good list if 7 of my new species weren’t on there…). While I tend to avoid phallic and O’Keeffesque botany, this one I couldn’t resist because it . . . → Per saperne di più: Just too Easy Condividi questo!Recently came across some ridiculously horrible taxonomy from China (.PDF). Se scorri un po' in basso puoi vedere la traduzione in inglese. A prima vista questo sembra un documento di tassonomia standard con descrizioni di specie semplici. Potresti anche pensare a te stesso, “eh, chiedo perché stanno descrivendo specie da un solo esemplare”. Not the . . . → Per saperne di più: Tassonomia Fail Condividi questo! 4 commenti - (I commenti sono chiusi) Entomologia Farfalle, Crank, Entomologia, Lepidotteri, Nuova Specie 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 . . . → Per saperne di più: Posso guidare troppo Condividi questo! 5 commenti - (I commenti sono chiusi) Entomologia Raccolta, Entomologia, Rischi di raccolta, Lepidotteri, falene, Nuova Specie 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. . . . → Per saperne di più: Aquamoth! Condividi questo!Così, 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), . . . → Per saperne di più: Messaggio inaugurale Condividi questo! |
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