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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 . . . → Preberite več: A ghost is born Skupna raba tega! 3 Komentarji - (Komentarji so zaprti)  Entomologija  Entomologija, Muzej polje, Lepidoptera, Molji, Nove vrste, 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 . . . → Preberite več: Biology of a Ghost Skupna raba tega! 6 Komentarji - (Komentarji so zaprti) Entomologija Vedenje, Entomologija, Lepidoptera, Molji, Nove vrste Seveda, 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 . . . → Preberite več: Just too Easy Skupna raba tega!Pred kratkim je prišel čez nekaj smešno grozno taksonomije iz Kitajske (.pdf). Če ste se pomaknite navzdol malo si lahko ogledate angleški prevod. Na prvi pogled izgleda kot standardni taksonomije papirja z gole kosti opisov vrst. Morda celo mislijo, da sami, “huh, Sprašujem se, zakaj jih opisuje vrste samo iz enega primerka”. Ne . . . → Preberite več: Taksonomija Fail Skupna raba tega! 4 Komentarji - (Komentarji so zaprti) Entomologija Metulji, Crank, Entomologija, Lepidoptera, Nove vrste 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 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. . . . → Preberite več: Aquamoth! 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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