That’s how the saying goes, diritto? 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 . . . → Per saperne di più: Occupato come Moth
 I commenti sono chiusi  Entomologia  Arizona, BioBlitz, Raccolta, Conservazione, Entomologia, Lepidotteri, falene, National Geographic, Nuova Specie Maroga setiotricha (Xyloryctidae)
Un altro enorme australiano “microlep”, (probabilmente) Maroga setiotricha: Xylorictidae – misura in a 60 millimetri. Con le ali come questo devono fare volantini formidabili. According to the Xyloryctinae Moths of Australia blog the larvae are stem borers into Acacia sp. (Mimosaceae). Questo esemplare è stato raccolto nel novembre del 1962 by Ed . . . → Per saperne di più: Lunedi Moth Condividi questo! Un commento - (I commenti sono chiusi) Entomologia Australia, Entomologia, Lepidotteri, Lunedi Moth, falene CNN ha ormai saltato sul carro di colpire FOX-esque di finanziamento scientifico. Reporter Erin Burnett “rapporti” sul finanziamento federale $5.7 milioni di dollari per aiutare a combattere il dilagante Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Halys Halyomorpha). Il sarcasmo di Burnett è quasi abbastanza spessa di penetrare i livelli SNL di ridicolo, ma sembra genuino nel suo . . . → Per saperne di più: Stink Bug Stink Condividi questo! 2 commenti - (I commenti sono chiusi) Entomologia, Scetticismo Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, CNN, Entomologia, Halys Halyomorpha, Hemiptera, Specie invasive, Media, Parassiti, Scetticismo A few months ago a magnificent key to the Lepidoptera of Canada (all of them) was published by Jason Dombroskie – a PhD student from the U. of Alberta. The program is available for windows users only so I haven’t had a good chance to explore it yet – but the PDF is available online . . . → Per saperne di più: Key to the Lepidoptera of Canada Condividi questo! Un commento - (I commenti sono chiusi) Entomologia, Science News Farfalle, Canada, Entomologia, Identification, Key, Lepidotteri, falene 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 . . . → Per saperne di più: Lunedi Moth Condividi questo! I commenti sono chiusi Entomologia Raccolta, Entomologia, Lepidotteri, Lunedi Moth, falene, New Mexico, Fotografia Il 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 . . . → Per saperne di più: Sexy, Sexy Beer Bottles Condividi questo! 4 commenti - (I commenti sono chiusi) Entomologia Australia, Birra, Coleotteri, Comportamento, Coleotteri, Entomologia, Umorismo [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 . . . → Per saperne di più: The Soaring Microcosmos Condividi questo! I commenti sono chiusi Entomologia Comportamento, Biomechanics, Entomologia, Flight, Hymenoptera, Lepidotteri, Parasite Trosia nigrorufa (Megalopygidae)
This Monday moth is a stunning female of the Neotropical Megalopygidae – Trosia nigrorufa. Ed Ross and Ev Schlinger collected this specimen in Peru in 1955, and I’ve heard many stories about these epic expeditions. I can’t really imagine travelling via cargo ship, being gone for six or more . . . → Per saperne di più: Lunedi Moth Condividi questo! I commenti sono chiusi Entomologia California Academy of Sciences, Raccolta, Entomologia, Lepidotteri, Megalopygidae, Lunedi Moth, falene 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. Condividi questo! I commenti sono chiusi Entomologia Bad Science, Concorso, Ditteri, Entomologia, Umorismo, Hymenoptera, Media, Scetticismo 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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