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Today’s moth is an understated brown Crambidae, Loxostege brunneitincta. While this isn’t a particularly captivating moth it does have an interesting story that illustrates the need for scientific collections and museum loans. If you read the label image you will notice the moth was originally collected in 1927 by E. P. Van . . . → Đọc thêm: Thứ hai Moth

Quay lại viết blog!

As I’m sure you’ve noticed things have been awfully quiet around here for the last two months. Most of January I was busy with a move, from San Francisco to 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 . . . → Đọc thêm: Quay lại viết blog!

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Trosia nigrorufa (Megalopygidae)

 

This Monday moth is a stunning female of the Neotropical MegalopygidaeTrosia 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 . . . → Đọc thêm: Thứ hai Moth

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Rất tiếc, 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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Insects of the Philippines 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 . . . → Đọc thêm: Insects of the Philippines I

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Last week Jim Hayden guessed the moth I posted was an Australian Oecophoridae. It was a good guess because there are so many large and stunning moths in this family from Australia. One of the best has to be this one, Wingia lambertella (Oecophoridae), captured on Black Mountain in Canberra October 23, 1955 (CAS collections). . . . → Đọc thêm: Thứ hai Moth

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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 . . . → Đọc thêm: Thứ hai Moth

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I’ll keep the ball rolling with Arctiinae and post a photo today of Ctenucha brunnea. Loài bướm đêm này có thể phổ biến ở các bãi cỏ cao dọc theo các bãi biển từ San Francisco đến LA – mặc dù trong những thập kỷ gần đây, số lượng loài bướm đêm này đã giảm dần do môi trường sống bị phá hủy và sự xâm lấn của cỏ bãi biển (Ammophila Arenaria). Tuy nhiên, . . . → Đọc thêm: Thứ hai Moth

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Tôi sẽ tiếp tục cuốn theo loạt bài này và cố gắng làm cho nó đều đặn hơn. Tôi cũng sẽ tập trung vào việc làm nổi bật một loài mới mỗi tuần từ bộ sưu tập đồ sộ ở đây tại Học viện Khoa học California. Điều này sẽ cung cấp cho tôi đủ tài liệu cho… ít nhất là vài trăm năm.

Grammia . . . → Đọc thêm: Thứ hai Moth

The Arachnologists have landed

được, not an insect

 

For the next three weeks my colleagues from the Arachnology lab at the California Academy of Sciences are in the Philippines! (không có, not jealous at all…) The trip is part of the CAS Hearst expedition, a massive effort spanning all of our research departments to survey . . . → Đọc thêm: The Arachnologists have landed