It-tnejn Moth

Kamla lum hija Crambidae kannella sottovalutati, Brunneitincta Loxostege. Filwaqt li dan mhux kamla partikolarment captivating hi ma jkollhiex storja interessanti li juri l-ħtieġa għall-kollezzjonijiet xjentifiċi u self mużew. Jekk inti taqra l-immaġini tikketta tinduna l-kamla kien oriġinarjament miġbura 1927 billi E. P. Mill . . . → Aqra Aktar: It-tnejn Moth

Lura għall Blogging!

Kif jien ċert li inti stajt ndunat affarijiet kienu awfully kwieta madwar hawn għall-aħħar xahrejn. Ħafna minn Jannar I kienet okkupata ma 'jiċċaqlaq, minn San Francisco sa Chicago. Unfortunately the foundation that was supporting my work at the California Academy of Sciences had some tough financial calls to make and my position . . . → Aqra Aktar: Lura għall Blogging!

It-tnejn Moth

Ikkonverti nigrorufa (Megalopygidae)

 

Din il-kamla tat-Tnejn hija mara tal-isturdament tan-Neotropical Megalopygidae – Ikkonverti nigrorufa. Ed Ross u Ev Schlinger ġabru dan il-kampjun fil-Peru fil 1955, u smajt ħafna stejjer dwar dawn l-ispedizzjonijiet epiċi. Ma nistax verament nimmaġina li nivvjaġġa permezz tal-vapur tal-merkanzija, being gone for six or more . . . → Aqra Aktar: It-tnejn Moth

It-tnejn Moth

Oops, Qabejt il-kamla tat-Tnejn li għadda, allura hawn tnejn! 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)

 

. . . → Aqra Aktar: It-tnejn Moth

Insetti tal-Filippini I

A month ago or so the California Academy of Sciences launched a full fledged expedition to the Philippines. While the majority of the cash was spent on a clipper ship and dive teams, there was a terrestrial component. While I didn’t get to go (and sat at home and pouted), I did talk some of . . . → Aqra Aktar: Insetti tal-Filippini I

It-tnejn Moth

Il-ġimgħa li għaddiet Jim Hayden ħaseb li l-kamla li stajt kienet Oecophoridae Awstraljana. Kienet raden tajjeb għax hemm ħafna kamla kbar u tal-isturdament f'din il-familja mill-Awstralja. Wieħed mill-aqwa għandu jkun dan, Wingia lambertella (Oecophoridae), maqbuda fuq Black Mountain f'Canberra Ottubru 23, 1955 (Kollezzjonijiet CAS). . . . → Aqra Aktar: It-tnejn Moth

It-tnejn Moth

ANSWER: This wasn’t easybut this large and beautiful moth was from Australia and is in the family Xyloryctidae (Philarista sp.). We have a handful of representatives of this group here in the US and Ted MacRae over on Beetles in the Bush has a few great photographs of them. Somehow I think we . . . → Aqra Aktar: It-tnejn Moth

It-tnejn Moth

I’ll keep the ball rolling with Arctiinae and post a photo today of Ctenucha brunnea. Din il-kamla tista 'tkun komuni f'ħaxix għoli tul il-bajjiet minn San Francisco sa LA – għalkemm fl-aħħar deċennji n-numri ta’ din il-kamla kienu qed jonqsu bil-qerda tal-ħabitat u l-invażjoni tal-ħaxix tal-bajja (Ammophila arenaria). Imma . . . → Aqra Aktar: It-tnejn Moth

It-tnejn Moth

Jien ser iżommu l-ballun rolling ma 'din is-serje u jippruvaw jagħmluha aktar regolari. I se tiffoka wkoll fuq l-importanza speċi ġodda kull ġimgħa mill-kollezzjonijiet massiva hawn fl-Akkademja tax-Xjenzi California. Dan għandu jagħti me biżżejjed materjal għall… mill-inqas ftit mijiet ta 'snin.

Grammia . . . → Aqra Aktar: It-tnejn Moth

L-Araknologi niżlu l-art

kollox sew, not an insect

 

For the next three weeks my colleagues from the Arachnology lab at the California Academy of Sciences are in the Philippines! (no, not jealous at all…) The trip is part of the CAS Hearst expedition, a massive effort spanning all of our research departments to survey . . . → Aqra Aktar: L-Araknologi niżlu l-art