Astelehena sits

ANSWER: Hori ez zen erraza – baina sits handi eta eder hau Australiako zen eta Xyloryctidae familian sailkatua dago (Ba Philarista.). Talde hau hemen AEBetako eta Ted MacRae gorako ordezkarien eskukada bat dute Bush kakalardo on dugu a horien argazki handi batzuk ditu. Nolabait dugu uste dut . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Astelehena sits

Net-Hegodun Beetle

Lycidae kakalardo handi eta interesgarri hauek (Lycus fernandezi) Arizona hego ekialdean ugariak izan ziren duela aste batzuk. Etengabe loreak eta harea heze erraza argazkilaritza helburuak ziren eginez artean hegan. Pentsatu nuen “Hemen aukera paregabea beetle bat harrapatzeko aireratzen da!”.

Itxaron ezazu…

Lycus fernandezi (Lycidae)

. . . → Gehiago irakurri: Net-Hegodun Beetle

Astelehena sits

Whoops, it’s almost Tuesday! Above is Schinia ligeae (Noctuidae) resting on its host plant Xylorhiza tortifolia, the Mojave Aster. I photographed this about three weeks ago outside the town of Big Pine, California. The asters were thick in the valleys below the snow capped Sierra, and the moths were abundant. . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Astelehena sits

Misioko tximeleta urdina

 

Gizonezkoa – Marin Headlands

Like so many other urban animals, the Mission Blue Butterfly (Plebejus icarioides missionensis) is one that is gravely imperiled. This small blue lives in tiny fragments of habitat alongside multi-million dollar development in and around the San Francisco Bay. A century ago this butterfly . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Misioko tximeleta urdina

Igandeko Sitsa

 

Everyone is familiar with the famous death’s head hawkmoth, baina uste dut pena bat dela halako pertsonaia latz bat popularizatu izana. Goian Guyana Frantseseko Neotropical Arctiinae askoz alaiagoa dago, pailazo aurpegia daramala dirudiena. Zoritxarrez, hau ez da nire argazkia, baina . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Igandeko Sitsa

Blue Oak Ranch Erreserba

Duela aste batzuk, a Berkeley entomologia class egindako batzeko eremuan astebururako gonbidatu ninduten. Our destination was the Blue Oak Ranch Reserve; Kaliforniako Unibertsitateko sistemari erreserbak berriena besterik San Jose kanpo dago Hamilton mendiaren on bat (Beheko mapa). It was a . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Blue Oak Ranch Erreserba

1984

Better be careful of what you do while out in the countryside. Farms leku arriskutsua izan daiteke, Oraindik argazkilari batez ere. Floridan proposamena legeria, besterik gabe, izenburua “ustiategiak”, Argazkigintzan edo marrazkiak egiteko saiatzean, on or of a farm without explicit written consent a first degree FELONY (gehienez 30 years in . . . → Gehiago irakurri: 1984

Sits Catalina da off

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Bihar goizean naiz off bat 10 day collecting trip down to Catalina Island. Nik zortea Dr batzera gonbidatu beharreko. Jerry Powell UC Berkeley sits inkesta batean, eta hau da nire lehen aldia izango da uharte Edozein. . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Sits Catalina da off

A Year in Review

Oops, looks like I missed my first ‘blogoversary’! Monday the 21st was the one year turning point for my blog; and I’m incredibly happy to have spent the last year sharing some of my ramblings with all of you. I’ve somewhat lost track of how many hits I’ve had since I moved everything . . . → Gehiago irakurri: A Year in Review

Batzuk benetan cool inklinazio-shift

Alex Wild posted a few days ago about thefreelensingphotography technique. You can get some really cool results, especially with creating the illusion of miniaturesbut so far I haven’t been brave enough to give it a shot (no pun intended). I came across this impressive compilation of Haitian images on NPR today . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Batzuk benetan cool inklinazio-shift