Մի քանի նկարներ իմ շաբաթավերջին mothing ուղեւորության ներքեւ SHELL CREEK, San Luis Obispo Վարչաշրջանը. Վաղ գարուն երկայնքով կենտրոնական ափին շշմեցնող, եւ ետ ճանապարհները փաթեթավորված ծաղկե watchers. Կային մի քանի տասնյակ մեքենաների զբաղեցված ընտանիքների համար շաբաթավերջին drive, many had packed lunches and sat to watch the flowers grow. While I am happy to see people enjoying the natural beauty, it is difficult to see the damage their trampling can cause. Սակայն,, if more people could get out to appreciate nature, perhaps it would be easier to protect. The flowers were so bright and dense it was difficult to focus on moths, and after a few hours I started to go a little snow-blind (or as it shall forever be now known, flower-blind). Here are a few feeble attempts to capture the beauty.
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Most likely a Շինիա species feeding here.
Heliothodes diminutiva
Heliolonche joaquinensis
Xanthothrix neumoegeni
Սա Adela thorpella, or a fairy moth. Note the incredibly long antennae.
The full list of Lepidoptera seen for the day:
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Heliothodes diminutiva(Noctuidae)
Heliolonche joaquinensis (Noctuidae)
Heliolonche modicella (Noctuidae)
Schinia crotchii (Noctuidae)
Schinia amaryllis (Noctuidae)
Schinia pulchripennis (Noctuidae)
Xanthothrix neumoegeni (Noctuidae)
Axenus arvalis (Noctuidae)
Achyra occidentalis (Crambidae)
Adela thorpella (Adelidae)
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Danaus plexippus
Vanessa Ատալանտա
Coenonympha tullia
Anthocharis sara
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Everes amyntula
Glaucopsyche lygdamus
Plebejus պզուկ
Cool – another entomology blog, and a well-written, nicely-illustrated one at that. Beetles are my game, but I’ve noted a pretty moth or two.
Welcome to Nature Blog Network. Enjoyed your “Genius մամուլի” posts 🙂
Thank you for the welcome!
That shot of Xanthothrix neumoegeni is amazing!
How do you differentiate between Heliolonche joaquinensis and H. celeris? The pic in your goose chase post looks awfully similar to above.
նույնպես, which gold flower is that in the 1st pic that looks like a river of gold? Carol Leigh stopped her wildflower hotsheet b/c of inconsiderate trampling. It’s too bad.
It’s all in the hindwings. H. joaquinensis has black wings with a white bar and H. celeris has orange wings with a yellow bar. They are also a few hundred miles apart in distribution.
I was just assuming that flower was L. californica. I didn’t look closer…