Genius tal-Istampa, v. IV

Pagament ieħor ta' Genius of the Press, u forsi daqsxejn ta’ softball. (Yikes dawn huma faċli biex issibhom) Min jista’ jgħidli x’inhu ħażin dan l-artikolu?

4 comments to Genius of the Press, v. IV

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

    Barra minn hekk, “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!!!!

  • Exactly! 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. A “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

    Apparti minn hekk…I just wanted to say what a stunning moth that is. Not seen one before.

    (oh… and nice blog!)