'I jyst ni fydd yn gadael i mi ei ben ei hun

Ar fy cymudo dyddiol yn ôl i Berkeley, Yr wyf wedi gweld hyn (ymddiheuriadau ar gyfer y ddelwedd cruddy). A dweud y gwir, Rwyf wedi gweld llond llaw o'r rhain yn pop i fyny o gwmpas San Francisco ac mae'n gwneud i mi fod eisiau i rwygo fy ngwallt allan bob tro. Ar gyfer y rhai sy'n newydd i fy blog, mae hyn yn mynd yn ôl at fy Genius of . . . → Darllen Mwy: 'I jyst ni fydd yn gadael i mi ei ben ei hun

Dirgelwch canol wythnos

While I work on a more substantial post, you can name this butterflyand the plant should be pretty easy too. Extra bonus if you can guess the county (state won’t be too impressive) in which I took this photo. This was pre-DSLR, but my old beat up canon point-and-shoot did manage to get . . . → Darllen Mwy: Dirgelwch canol wythnos

Gwallgofrwydd Monarch

For regular readers of my blog you might already know my stance on the monarch, but catch up here if you’d like to. Yesterday I came across this article in the LA timesregarding the overwintering colonies of monarchs in Pacific Grove, CA. Out here, west of the continental divide, there are quite a . . . → Darllen Mwy: Gwallgofrwydd Monarch

Athrylith y Wasg X

This one is just too easy. The billboard is on I-35 south of Burleson, Tecsas.

I don’t know the true provenance of this image, but it came my way from Omar Bocanegra via Mike Quinn on the Texas Lepidoptera list-serv.

Porn Glöynnod Byw

Here is a hill-topping male Papilio zeliacon, or Anise swallowtail. This butterfly is widespread in the western Pacific states and is probably much more common than it once was. After the introduction of fennel (Foeniculum vulgare), and subsequent escape from horticulture, the anise swallowtail took hold as a common California butterfly. Perhaps before this . . . → Darllen Mwy: Porn Glöynnod Byw

Y tro hwn, gyda gwyfyn

Here are a few more images from my recent northern road trip, this time from western Idaho. Right outside the town of New Meadows were fields of flowers thick with life. It was some of the best day collecting I’ve done in years, and fellow road tripper Peter Jump and I discovered this . . . → Darllen Mwy: Y tro hwn, gyda gwyfyn

The only bar in town

In eastern Lassen county, on the vast high juniper hills of the California-Nevada border, there are herds ofwildhorses, sheep and cattle. Par for the course, the only flowering plant around was horehound (Marrubium vulgare). Despite the non-native flora and (semi)mega-fauna, the insects were still at home. Being the only nectar source, the small . . . → Darllen Mwy: The only bar in town

Genius of the Press VIII

Welcome to volume eight of the inconsistently reoccurring series, Genius y Wasg. I came across this article recently regarding an endemic Puerto Rican butterfly. Who can tell me exactly why this report is misleading? It may be a little trickier than the standard GOP (I suggest discarding any previously associated acronyms with those letters). . . . → Darllen Mwy: Genius of the Press VIII

Glöyn Byw Anhygoel

Digwyddiad unwaith mewn oes, gynandromorph dwyochrog. Yn fyr, mae glitch yn ystod gwahaniaethu celloedd yn creu patrymau cromosom anghymesur, sy'n arwain at fynegiant rhyw anghymesur yn y pryfed sy'n oedolion. Os nad ydych wedi clicio ar y ddolen uchod, gwneud hynny, mae'n ddisgrifiad gwych gyda rhai lluniau anhygoel.

Yn ôl at y glöyn byw. i . . . → Darllen Mwy: Glöyn Byw Anhygoel

The Dangerous Life of a Lepidopterist

News in from India, a butterfly photographer has been kidnapped. A local park official who was visiting the north eastern province Arunachal Pradesh was taken at night by a gang of armed youth-rebels. Efforts to find him have been hampered by the weather and remote terrain. India has recently become one of the most difficult . . . → Darllen Mwy: The Dangerous Life of a Lepidopterist