Ufuatiliaji wa Arizona

Map/% updated June 20, 6pm.

Updates to the maps and containment percentages have been made to my earlier post. Here is a map of the 4th fire burning in SE Arizona, the Monument fire. This one is only 10% 17% 15% 27% contained and is burning in the southern end of the Huachuca Mountains . . . → Soma Zaidi: Ufuatiliaji wa Arizona

Jumatatu nondo

Whoops, it’s almost Tuesday! Above is Schinia ligeae (Noctuidae) resting on its host plant Xylorhiza tortifolia, the Mojave Aster. I photographed this about three weeks ago outside the town of Big Pine, California. The asters were thick in the valleys below the snow capped Sierra, and the moths were abundant. . . . → Soma Zaidi: Jumatatu nondo

Wana Arachnologists wametua

sawa, 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 . . . → Soma Zaidi: Wana Arachnologists wametua

Jumapili Moth

 

Kila mtu anafahamu kichwa cha hawkmoth maarufu cha kifo, lakini nadhani ni aibu tumeeneza tabia mbaya kama hii. Hapo juu ni Neotropical Arctiinae mwenye furaha zaidi kutoka French Guiana ambaye anaonekana kama anacheza sura ya mcheshi.. Cha kusikitisha ni kwamba hii sio picha yangu, lakini . . . → Soma Zaidi: Jumapili Moth

Nondo ni mbali na Catalina

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Kesho asubuhi mimi nina mbali kwa 10 siku kukusanya safari chini ya Catalina Island. Nimekuwa na bahati ya kutosha wataalikwa kujiunga na Dr. Jerry Powell wa UC Berkeley juu ya utafiti nondo, na hii itakuwa mara yangu ya kwanza yoyote ya visiwa. . . . → Soma Zaidi: Nondo ni mbali na Catalina

Vipepeo vya Cal Academy

Wakati mimi gear up kwa posts zaidi ya mali, kufurahia video hii fupi kutoka California Chuo cha Sayansi butterfly mkusanyiko. Dr. Kawaida Penny anafanya kazi ya ajabu ya kugawana baadhi ya vito wetu, ni mbaya sana tu video ni si tena (au juu ya nondo!).

. . . → Soma Zaidi: Vipepeo vya Cal Academy

Nyuma katika Field

Kesho huanza hatua 1 ya kazi shamba / mambo ya kuendesha gari na likizo wakati. Nami kuwa na umakini katika kukusanya kwa ajili ya hatua hii ya safari, kupiga kusini mwa Texas tu kwa wakati mwisho wa mkia kuanguka flying nondo katika jenasi Schinia. Lakini microleps ni maslahi yangu ya msingi, na mimi nina uhakika utakuwa kurudi na mamia . . . → Soma Zaidi: Nyuma katika Field

Wakati ina ndege

Wow imekuwa ni wiki chache tangu post yangu ya mwisho, na mimi nina kidogo aibu kuwa basi ni kwenda muda mrefu. Nini mimi imekuwa juu kwa? Si wote si. Hakuna safari ya kuvutia kukusanya, hakuna aina mpya au uvumbuzi. Kwa kweli mimi tumekuwa ameketi darubini dissecting genitalia au databasing inzi vimelea. Mimi itabidi . . . → Soma Zaidi: Wakati ina ndege

Sierran Spider

mwishoni mwa wiki bila nondo inaweza kusababisha lepidopterist kufanya mambo mambo. Mambo ya kutosha picha buibui. Mwishoni mwa wiki mimi alikuwa akifuatana kwa Sierra mashariki na blogger wadudu wenzake, mfanyakazi na arachnologist, Tamas Szuts. Mimi nilikuwa kwenye jitihada kwa ajili ya vielelezo zaidi ya mwezi Hepialidae ambayo unaweza kuwa na mazoea . . . → Soma Zaidi: Sierran Spider

Linalosumbua New Mwenendo?

Pichani ni nyeusi-veined nyeupe (Aporia crataegi ssp), na kwa sasa ni kuwa alirejea na Taasisi ya Biolojia Rasilimali Kikorea. Mikopo kupata kurudi, kama wanapaswa kuwa, kila siku – na unaweza hata idadi katika maelfu ya sampuli. Mimi mwenyewe na nondo mia chache nje kwa mkopo kutoka wachache wa . . . → Soma Zaidi: Linalosumbua New Mwenendo?