That’s how the saying goes, Eskuineko? Two weeks ago I participated in the 5th annual National Geographic BioBlitz over in Saguaro National Park in Tucson, Arizona. It was a great excuse to get back into the field and it was the first time I collected Arizona in the fall. Temps were still pushing the mid . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Sits bat bezain lanpetuta
 Iruzkinak itxita daude  Entomología  Arizona, BioBlitz, Biltzen, Kontserbazio, Entomología, Lepidoptera, Sitsak, National Geographic, Espezie berria Maroga setiotricha (Xyloryctidae)
Beste australiar erraldoi bat “mikrolep”, (ziurrenik) Maroga setiotricha: Xylorictidae – 60 mm-tan neurtuta. Horrelako hegoekin hegalari ikaragarriak egin behar dituzte. According to the Xyloryctinae Moths of Australia blog the larvae are stem borers into Acacia sp. (Mimosaceae). Ale hau azaroan bildu zen 1962 by Ed . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Astelehena sits Share honetan! Iruzkin bat - (Iruzkinak itxita daude) Entomología beraz, ezin dut esan, Entomología, Lepidoptera, Astelehena sits, Sitsak CNN has now jumped on the bandwagon of FOX-esque bashing of scientific funding. Reporter Erin Burnett “txostenak” on the federal funding of $5.7 million dollars to help fight the invasive Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Halyomorpha halys). Burnett’s sarcasm is nearly thick enough to break into SNL levels of ridiculousness, but she seems genuine in her . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Stink Bug Stink Share honetan! 2 iruzkinak - (Iruzkinak itxita daude) Entomología, eszeptizismoa Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, CNN, Entomología, Halyomorpha halys, Hemipteroak, Espezie inbaditzaileak, Komunikabideak, Izurri, eszeptizismoa Duela hilabete batzuk Kanadako lepidopteroen giltza aparta (denak) Jason Dombroskiek argitaratu zuen – doktorego ikasle bat U. Albertakoa. Programa Windows erabiltzaileentzat bakarrik dago eskuragarri, beraz, oraindik ez dut arakatzeko aukera onik izan – baina PDFa sarean dago eskuragarri . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Kanadako lepidopteroen giltza Share honetan! Iruzkin bat - (Iruzkinak itxita daude) Entomología, Zientzia Berriak Tximeletak, Kanada, Entomología, Identifikazio, Gakoa, Lepidoptera, Sitsak Gnophaela vermiculata pair
This Monday moth is an Arctiinae, Gnophaela vermiculata. These beautiful day flying moths were abundant on yellow Helianthus flowers around 9000′ in the Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico. Caterpillars feed on bluebells, but the adults prefer the highest quality nectar source in the area – which fortunately makes . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Astelehena sits Share honetan! Iruzkinak itxita daude Entomología Biltzen, Entomología, Lepidoptera, Astelehena sits, Sitsak, New Mexico, Argazkia The 2011 Ig Nobel ceremony took place yesterday at Harvard’s Sanders Theatre. The award is sponsored by Improbable Research, an organization that gathers fascinating, odd, and outright hilarious research papers that triumph the idea that not all science is boring. Among this year’s distinguished recipients was fellow entomologist and blogger David Rentz, who received the . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Sexy, Garagardo botila sexyak Share honetan! 4 iruzkinak - (Iruzkinak itxita daude) Entomología beraz, ezin dut esan, Garagardoa, Kakalardo, Behavior, Koleopteroak, Entomología, Gazteaukera [youtube kZyIN23Cy4Y 480 360] The microscopic insect world is a very different one from ours and we rarely are given glimpses into it. Thanks in part to the impressive Phantom camera system and the Flight Artists project researchers have filmed the minute (1mm!) Trichogramma wasp (Chalcidoidea) in flight. These insects are . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Goranzko mikrokosmosa Share honetan! Iruzkinak itxita daude Entomología Behavior, Biomechanics, Entomología, Flight, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Parasite Bihurtu nigrorufa (Megalopygidae)
Asteleheneko sitsa Megalopygidae Neotropikoko eme harrigarria da – Bihurtu nigrorufa. Ed Rossek eta Ev Schlingerrek bildu zuten ale hau Perun urtean 1955, eta istorio asko entzun ditut espedizio epiko hauei buruz. Benetan ezin dut imajinatu zamaontzian bidaiatzea, being gone for six or more . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Astelehena sits Share honetan! Iruzkinak itxita daude Entomología California Zientzien Akademia, Biltzen, Entomología, Lepidoptera, Megalopygidae, Astelehena sits, Sitsak This is a pretty epic fail. I guess the “young adult” publishing guidelines are less strict with “facts”.
Thanks to Richard Lee Brown for first posting this on Facebook. Share honetan! Iruzkinak itxita daude Entomología Bad Science, Lehiaketa, Dipteroak, Entomología, Gazteaukera, Hymenoptera, Komunikabideak, eszeptizismoa Oops, I skipped last monday’s moth, so here are two! These are some stunners from the CAS Philippines expedition and I think I have figured out their names. If you know better, please correct me.
Parasa darma (Limacodidae)
Parotis marginata (Crambidae)
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