Ponedeljek Moth

Schinia villosa

 

This Monday’s moth is a duo of Schinia villosa (Noctuidae) resting on what I am assuming is their host plant (Erigeron sp.). I snapped this shot around 9,000 feet up on the Kaibab plateau in Northern Arizona last month. A fire must have burned the area a few years ago . . . → Preberite več: Ponedeljek Moth

Genius tiskovnega XX

To GOP je manj izziv in bolj preprostega Roundup bednem parka fotografije. Alex Wild in drugi so že zdavnaj opozoril na velike pomanjkljivosti mnogih stock foto mestih – ampak tukaj je kratka in boleča lep Roundup z Googlom.

Korak 1: Iskanje slik “molj na cvet”.

Korak 2: . . . → Preberite več: Genius tiskovnega XX

Ponedeljek Moth

Ups, to je skoraj torek! Zgoraj je Schinia ligeae (Noctuidae) počiva na gostiteljska rastlina Xylorhiza tortifolia, Mojave Aster. Sem fotografiral to približno tri tedne nazaj izven mesta Big Pine, California. V nebine so debele v dolinah pod zasneženimi Sierra, in molji so obilne. . . . → Preberite več: Ponedeljek Moth

The Art of a Goose Chase

For the last four weekends now I have been on a goose chase, for one moth, Heliolonche celeris. It’s a beautiful small Noctuidae with pinkish forewings and stunning orange-red hindwings. It isn’t very often encountered and only found along the northern California mountain ranges feeding on Malacothrix flocciferaa CA endemic flower. Every trip . . . → Preberite več: The Art of a Goose Chase

Zlate reke

Nekaj ​​slik z mojega vikenda mothing potovanja v Shell Creek, Okrožje San Luis Obispo. Zgodnja pomlad ob osrednji obali je osupljiva, in zadnje ceste so bile polne opazovalcev cvetja. Na desetine avtomobilov, ki so jih zasedle družine, je bilo za vožnjo ob koncu tedna, many had packed lunches and sat to watch the . . . → Preberite več: Zlate reke