Rivers of Gold

A few images from my weekend mothing trip down to Shell Creek, San Luis Obispo County. Early spring along the central coast is stunning, and the back roads were packed with flower watchers. There were dozens of cars occupied by families out for a weekend drive, many had packed lunches and sat to watch the . . . → Leer más: Rivers of Gold

Demasiado tiempo libre?

Que dobla a sí mismo un insecto.

Estas piezas de arte son la creación de Robert J. Gracias. Es probable que si usted ha visto alguna origami loco de lo que eran a su creación. Sí, quienes se hacen realmente de una sola pieza de papel sin cortar. Él proporciona el patrón de pliegues para la mayoría de sus diseños, pero en realidad plegable . . . → Leer más: Demasiado tiempo libre?

And now you know the rest of the story

For those who saw the FOX interview with MSU entomologist Dr. Cognato (Aceptar, for those who didn’t, here it is), you will be interested to hear his side of the story.

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Take the time to register (lo siento, it’s annoying but I couldn’t find it anywhere else) and read a response to the interview by . . . → Leer más: And now you know the rest of the story

Aquamoth part 2

I came across the full-text PDF of the amphibious moth article and extracted the tree showing the radiation of this species group and probable evolution of the amphibious traits. Interesting to note the case shape, and each moth is endemic to its own volcano in the Hawaiian archipelago.

This is a Bayesian analysis of . . . → Leer más: Aquamoth part 2

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Nothing wrong with established religion

You can read all about his story from the NY Times. I think the scariest thing about this whole abuse scandal (scandalsssss) is that the church actually believes that this is the work of satannot the twisted minds of individual humans. Sí, “the Devil is at work . . . → Leer más: en el nombre de la…

Answer to last week’s Genius of the Press

For all those who abstained from voting (I want to assume some readers must have known the identity of our mystery caterpillar, but were too lazy to comment), here is the answer (after the break).

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aquamoth!

Another amazing animal from Hawaiia 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. . . . → Leer más: aquamoth!

California Primavera

La primavera ha llegado hasta el norte de California y las polillas se encuentran en el ala. Tomé un viaje rápido hasta las estribaciones de la Sierra durante el fin de semana y caminaron por las laderas empinadas por encima de la American River. Por encima se representa Xanthothrix ranunculi f. albipuncta (Noctuidae: Stiriinae). Le pasa a ser sentado en un hermoso california . . . → Leer más: California Primavera

genio de la prensa, v.III

Yet another installment of my favorite series, the genius of the press. This article comes from ABC news, who can identify this caterpillar? It is decidedly NOT a gypsy moth.

Fellow entomology blogger Myrmecos had a similar story last week.

Corten la cabeza!

(Crédito de la foto)

Los monarcas han comenzado su migración al norte primavera y que incluso podría ver uno pronto (no emocionante si usted vive en Florida o HI donde hay residentes todo el año, o en California, donde hay lugares de hibernación separadas). Los informes de sus lugares de invierno en México, sin embargo son tristes; con posiblemente la más baja . . . → Leer más: Corten la cabeza!