Rođen je duh

Welcome to the new year, and nearly a full year of blogging! It’s amazing how fast the time flew by, but again it always does. As you likely noticed December turned out to be my weakest posting month with a whopping 2 posts. Resolution: more posting!

Sad nisam počela pisati blog o glazbi (for those . . . → Opširnije: Rođen je duh

Biologija duha

Ovaj moljac je jednako rijedak kao i njegov paranormalni imenjak (osim što je stvaran) – to je Gazoryctra sp. u obitelji Hepialidae. Predstavljaju bazalnu lozu Lepidoptera i obično su poznati kao moljci duhovi ili brzi moljci. Duh – because males of some species are known to fly in . . . → Opširnije: Biologija duha

Samo prelagano

Prirodno, to je ime Falus drewsii. To dolazi formirati popis vrhu 10 vrste navedene u 2009, postupio po Arizona State University (Nije vrlo dobar popis, ako 7 mojih novih vrsta nisu bili tamo…). Dok sam ja imaju tendenciju da se izbjegne falusa i O'Keeffesque botanike, ovo nisam mogao odoljeti, jer je . . . → Opširnije: Samo prelagano

Taksonomija Fail

Recently came across some ridiculously horrible taxonomy from China (.pdf). If you scroll down a bit you can see the english translation. At first glance this looks like a standard taxonomy paper with bare-bones species descriptions. You might even think to yourself, “huh, wonder why they are describing species from only one specimen”. Not the . . . → Opširnije: Taksonomija Fail

Ja mogu voziti previše

Oblaci izbio popodne u San Franciscu, a sunce počelo sjati. Nadolazeće toplo vrijeme inducirana je sve previše poznati osjećaj, onaj koji sam trebao biti izvan prikupljanja kukaca i ne sjedi u zatvorenom prostoru! Iako sam već bio na nekoliko mjesta ovog proljeća, I have a long season of collecting . . . → Opširnije: Ja mogu voziti previše

Aquamoth!

Another amazing animal from Hawaiia completely amphibious caterpillar (published in the March 22 PNAS). While there are a few aquatic Lepidoptera, all of them have gills that keep them restricted to the water (imajte na umu, we are talking only about the larval stage). If their stream dries up, so does the caterpillar. . . . → Opširnije: Aquamoth!

Inaugural post

Tako, how do I begin a new blog? Tough question, but perhaps this is a good time to show off a fun new species. This moth was collected last year outside of Santa Barbara, CA. The massive wingspan, at 15mm, makes it pretty large for a Gelechiid moth. The genus, Gnorimoschema (pronounced nor-a-mosh-ma), . . . → Opširnije: Inaugural post