گولڈ کی ندیوں

شیل کریک تک میرے ویک اینڈ موتھنگ ٹرپ کی چند تصاویر, سان لوئس اوبیسپو کاؤنٹی. وسطی ساحل کے ساتھ ابتدائی موسم بہار شاندار ہے۔, اور پچھلی سڑکیں پھول دیکھنے والوں سے بھری پڑی تھیں۔. ویک اینڈ ڈرائیو کے لیے گھر والوں کے زیر قبضہ درجنوں کاریں تھیں۔, بہت سے لوگوں نے لنچ پیک کیا اور دیکھنے بیٹھ گئے۔ . . . → مزید پڑھیں: گولڈ کی ندیوں

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. جی ہاں, those are actually made from one single piece of uncut paper. He provides the crease pattern for most of his designs, but actually folding . . . → مزید پڑھیں: 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 (ٹھیک ہے, 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 (معذرت, it’s annoying but I couldn’t find it anywhere else) and read a response to the interview by . . . → مزید پڑھیں: And now you know the rest of the story

Aquamoth حصہ 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 . . . → مزید پڑھیں: Aquamoth حصہ 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. جی ہاں, “the Devil is at work . . . → مزید پڑھیں: In the name of the

پچھلے ہفتے کے پریس آف دی جینئس کا جواب

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).

. . . → مزید پڑھیں: پچھلے ہفتے کے پریس آف دی جینئس کا جواب

ایکواموتھ!

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. . . . → مزید پڑھیں: ایکواموتھ!

کیلیفورنیا بہار

Spring has come to northern California and moths are on the wing. I took a quick trip up to the Sierra foothills over the weekend and hiked up the steep slopes above the American River. Above is pictured Xanthothrix ranunculi f. albipuncta (Noctuidae: Stiriinae). It happens to be sitting on a beautiful california . . . → مزید پڑھیں: کیلیفورنیا بہار

پریس کے گنوتی, 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.

ان کے سروں کے ساتھ بند!

(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 . . . → مزید پڑھیں: ان کے سروں کے ساتھ بند!