Rivers of Gold

Daži attēli no manas nedēļas nogales mothing ceļojums uz leju, lai Shell Creek, San Luis Obispo County. Agrā pavasarī pa centrālo piekrastē ir apdullināšanas, un atpakaļ ceļi bija pildīta ar ziedu vērotājiem. Tur bija desmitiem automašīnu aizņem ģimenes, kas par nedēļas nogalē disku, daudzi bija iepakotas pusdienas un apsēdās skatīties . . . → Lasīt vairāk: Rivers of Gold

Too much free-time?

Than fold yourself an insect.

These pieces of art are the creation of Robert J. Lang. Chances are if you’ve seen some insane origami than they were his creation. Jā, those are actually made from one single piece of uncut paper. He provides the crease pattern for most of his designs, but actually folding . . . → Lasīt vairāk: Too much free-time?

And now you know the rest of the story

For those who saw the FOX interview with MSU entomologist Dr. Cognato (Labi, 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 (atvainojos, it’s annoying but I couldn’t find it anywhere else) and read a response to the interview by . . . → Lasīt vairāk: 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 . . . → Lasīt vairāk: Aquamoth part 2

In the name of the

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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. Jā, “the Devil is at work . . . → Lasīt vairāk: In the name of the

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).

. . . → Lasīt vairāk: Answer to last week’s Genius of the Press

Aquamoth!

Vēl viens pārsteidzošs dzīvnieks no Havaju salām – pilnīgi desanta kāpurs (publicēta martā 22 PNAS). Lai gan ir maz ūdens Lepidoptera, visi no tiem ir žaunas, kas uztur tos attiecina tikai uz ūdens (prātā, jūs, mēs runājam tikai par kāpuru stadijā). Ja viņu straume izžūst, tāpēc nav kāpurs. . . . → Lasīt vairāk: Aquamoth!

Kalifornijas pavasaris

Kalifornijas ziemeļos ir atnācis pavasaris, un spārnos ir kodes. Nedēļas nogalē es ātri braucu uz Sjerras pakājē un devos pārgājienā pa stāvajām nogāzēm virs Amerikas upes.. Augšpusē ir attēlots Xanthothrix ranunculi f. albipuncta (Noctuidae: Stiriinae). Gadās, ka sēž uz skaistas Kalifornijas . . . → Lasīt vairāk: Kalifornijas pavasaris

Preses ģēnijs, 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.

Nost ar galvām!

(photo credit)

The monarchs have started their spring migration north and you might even see one soon (not exciting if you live in FL or HI where there are year-round residents, or in CA where there are separate overwintering spots). Reports from their winter locations in Mexico however are dismal; with possibly the lowest . . . → Lasīt vairāk: Nost ar galvām!