Et quod natum est ex Spiritu

Sed in lacus ut novus annus, blogging fere per integrum annum et! Sed mirum quam a velox tempus volavit, sed iterum semper excidere. Sicut et vos animadverto December evenit ut mea infima est in mense adipiscing a whopping 2 nuntia. Resolutio: magis dispositis!

Sed non incipit cantus circa adipiscing (pro illis . . . → Lege plus: Et quod natum est ex Spiritu

Biology of a Spiritu

Hoc enim iustum est circa eos tinea, tam rarus est, ut eius nominis paranormal (nisi ut suus 'realis) – suus 'a Gazoryctra sp. in familia Hepialidae. Repraesentant, et sunt ad basim Lepidoptera de stirpe vulgo spiritum, aut citatum tinea tinea. Spiritus – quidquid habueris masculini sexus, quia in aliqua specie, sciunt in volant . . . → Lege plus: Biology of a Spiritu

Just too Easy

Naturaliter, it was named Phallus drewsii. This comes form the list of the top 10 species named in 2009, paruit Arizona University (non ipsum bonum album, si 7 novae species meae illic non erant…). While I tend to avoid phallic and O’Keeffesque botany, this one I couldn’t resist because it . . . → Lege plus: Just too Easy

Defectum Taxinomia

Recently came across some ridiculously horrible taxonomy from China (.pdf). Si librum usque ad frenum potes videre translationem anglicus. Hoc primo aspectu similis est chartae normae taxonomiae cum descriptionibus osseis nudis speciebus. Etiam te ipsum putare potes, “huh, mirentur cur species ex uno tantum specimine describuntur”. Not the . . . → Lege plus: Defectum Taxinomia

Ut ejiciant nimis

The clouds broke this afternoon in San Francisco and the sun began to shine. The upcoming warm weather induced an all too familiar feeling, one that I should be out collecting insects and not sitting indoors! While I have already been to a handful of places this spring, I have a long season of collecting . . . → Lege plus: Ut ejiciant nimis

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 (cuius estis, we are talking only about the larval stage). If their stream dries up, so does the caterpillar. . . . → Lege plus: Aquamoth!

Post inauguralis

Sic, 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, UT. The massive wingspan, at 15mm, makes it pretty large for a Gelechiid moth. The genus, Gnorimoschema (pronounced nor-a-mosh-ma), . . . → Lege plus: Post inauguralis