Ftit immaġini mill-vjaġġ tiegħi ta' tmiem il-ġimgħa għal Shell Creek, Kontea ta' San Luis Obispo. Il-bidu tar-rebbiegħa tul il-kosta ċentrali hija tal-isturdament, u t-toroq ta’ wara kienu ppakkjati b’watchers tal-fjuri. Kien hemm għexieren ta’ karozzi okkupati minn familji barra għal drive fi tmiem il-ġimgħa, ħafna kienu ppakkjati ikla u qagħdu jaraw il-fjuri jikbru. Filwaqt li jien kuntent li nara nies igawdu s-sbuħija naturali, huwa diffiċli li wieħed jara l-ħsara li jistgħu jikkawżaw it-trampling tagħhom. Madankollu, kieku aktar nies jistgħu joħorġu japprezzaw in-natura, forsi jkun aktar faċli li tipproteġi. Il-fjuri tant kienu jleqqu u densi li kien diffiċli li tiffoka fuq kamla, u wara ftit sigħat bdejt immur ftit snow-blind (jew kif għandu jkun dejjem magħruf issa, għomja tal-fjuri). Hawn huma ftit tentattivi dgħajfa biex taqbad is-sbuħija.
(aktar stampi wara l-waqfa)
Most likely a Schinia species feeding here.
Heliothodes diminutiva
Heliolonche joaquinensis
Xanthothrix neumoegeni
Dan hu Adela thorpella, or a fairy moth. Note the incredibly long antennae.
The full list of Lepidoptera seen for the day:
friefet
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)
Friefet
Danaus plexippus
Vanessa Atalanta
Coenonympha tullia
Anthocharis sara
Eurytheme Colias
Everes amyntula
Glaucopsyche lygdamus
Acmon Plebejus
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 “Ġenju tal-istampa” 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.
Ukoll, 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…