New guztiak, Erasoa Moths!

Hiri kondairak nagusitasun, gure aurpegiak sartu intsektuak lo bitartean arakatzeko inplikatzen da dirudienez. The most famous myth is something along the lines of “jan 8 armiarmak urtean, berriz, lo“. Actually when you google that the number ranges from 4 8… gehienez . . . → Gehiago irakurri: New guztiak, Erasoa Moths!

Araknologoak lehorreratu dira

Ados, not an insect

 

Hurrengo hiru asteetan Kaliforniako Zientzien Akademiako Araknologia laborategiko lankideak Filipinetan daude! (ez, ez jeloskor batere…) Bidaia CAS Hearst espedizioaren parte da, a massive effort spanning all of our research departments to survey . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Araknologoak lehorreratu dira

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

Euli izan daiteke (benetan) cool

Glass klettii: Apirilaren Nobile egindako argazkiak, CAS

For parte euli gehienak ez dira intsektu bat oso hunkituta lortu dut. Hala ere, Familia-enigmatiko Acroceridae salbuespen dira. Genera interesgarri batzuk partekatzen noizean hasiko naiz – Familiako morfologia amazingly anitza. Most of my days . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Euli izan daiteke (benetan) cool

Naturak atzera egiten du

Apparently something in the Mazda 6 fuel line is warm and inviting for the yellow sac spider, enough so that they are building webs over the vent systems of the 4 cylinder vehicles (and not the 6!). The problem has been deemed aspider infestationby the car company, eta . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Naturak atzera egiten du

Happy Halloween!

Egun bat izango da agian berandu, baina oraindik merezi saiatu. Boo!

Western Texas espezie Aphonopelma.

A Sierran Spider

A weekend without moths can lead a lepidopterist to do crazy things. Crazy enough to photograph a spider. Over the weekend I was accompanied to the eastern Sierra by fellow insect blogger, coworker and arachnologist, Tamas Szuts. I was on the quest for more specimens of a new Hepialidae of which you may be familiar . . . → Gehiago irakurri: A Sierran Spider

Have you seen me?

For those Californians reading, especially those in the south, keep an eye out for this beautiful little spider, Latrodectus geometricusthe brown widow. Arachnologists at UC Riverside are monitoring the spread of this invasive species. Ironically it turns out to not be as dangerous as our native black widow. Nonetheless, it is not . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Have you seen me?