Lunedi Moth

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

Sexy, Sexy Beer Bottles

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