عبقرية الصحافة, الخامس. رابعا

دفعة أخرى من عبقرية الصحافة, وربما قليلا من الكرة اللينة. (Yikes يسهل العثور على هذه) من يستطيع أن يخبرني ما هو الخطأ هذه المقالة?

4 comments to Genius of the Press, الخامس. رابعا

  • جيد, I’m no moth expert, but that picture is not Copitarsia or any other noctuid.

    علاوة على ذلك, “the Noctuid Moth”? As if Copitarsia is the only representative of this humongous familywhat are there, several tens of thousands of species?

  • Maurizio Bollino

    The picture figures a Brahmaeidae!!!!

  • بالضبط! Maurizio hit the nail on the head with the correct family ID for the moth, it is most likely Brahmaea hearseyi (Brahmaeidae), which is closely related to a silk moth. Not only is the family way off, but these moths are from Malaysia.

    Ted pointed out another important fact. أ “Noctuidmoth is a type of moth, not one species (one of tens of thousands). The way they worded the article was painful… “the Noctuid moth”!

    Another example of ridiculously bad science journalism.

  • Australia’s population of fire ants are always appearing in the press, and I’ve lost count of the number of times I have seen other families of ant depicted. Can’t be that hard to find a genuine Solenopsis pic

    بعيدا عن هذا…I just wanted to say what a stunning moth that is. Not seen one before.

    (يا… and nice blog!)