ຜີມາເກີດ

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 ຂໍ້​ຄວາມ. Resolution: more posting!

ຕອນນີ້ຂ້ອຍບໍ່ໄດ້ເລີ່ມຂຽນບລັອກກ່ຽວກັບດົນຕີ (for those . . . → ອ່ານ: ຜີມາເກີດ

Biology of a Ghost

This moth is just about as rare as its paranormal namesake (except that it’s real) – it’s a Gazoryctra sp. in the family Hepialidae. They represent a basal lineage of the Lepidoptera and are commonly known as ghost moths or swift moths. Ghostbecause males of some species are known to fly in . . . → ອ່ານ: Biology of a Ghost

ພຽງ​ແຕ່​ງ່າຍ​ເກີນ​ໄປ​

ຕາມ​ທໍາ​ມະ​ຊາດ, it was named Phallus drewsii. This comes form the list of the top 10 species named in 2009, complied by Arizona State University (not a very good list if 7 of my new species weren’t on there…). While I tend to avoid phallic and O’Keeffesque botany, this one I couldn’t resist because it . . . → ອ່ານ: ພຽງ​ແຕ່​ງ່າຍ​ເກີນ​ໄປ​

ຄວາມເສຍຫາຍດ້ານພາສີ

ບໍ່​ດົນ​ມາ​ນີ້​ໄດ້​ມາ​ໃນ​ທົ່ວ​ບາງ taxonomy horrible ຂັນ​ຈາກ​ປະ​ເທດ​ຈີນ (.pdf). ຖ້າ​ຫາກ​ທ່ານ​ເລື່ອນ​ລົງ​ເລັກ​ນ້ອຍ​ເປັນ​ທີ່​ທ່ານ​ສາ​ມາດ​ເບິ່ງ​ການ​ແປ​ພາ​ສາ​ພາ​ສາ​ອັງ​ກິດ. ຢູ່ glance ທໍາ​ອິດ​ນີ້​ເບິ່ງ​ຄື​ວ່າ​ຄ້າຍ​ຄື​ກະ​ດາດ taxonomy ເປັນ​ມາດ​ຕະ​ຖານ​ທີ່​ມີ​ກະ​ດູກ​, ອະ​ທິ​ບາຍ​ເປົ່າ​ຊະ​ນິດ. ເຖິງ​ແມ່ນ​ວ່າ​ທ່ານ​ອາດ​ຈະ​ຄິດ​ວ່າ​ຕົວ​ທ່ານ​ເອງ, “huh, ສິ່ງ​ມະ​ຫັດ​ວ່າ​ເປັນ​ຫຍັງ​ພວກ​ເຂົາ​ເຈົ້າ​ແມ່ນ​ການ​ອະ​ທິ​ບາຍ​ຊະ​ນິດ​ຈາກ​ມີ​ພຽງ​ແຕ່​ຫນຶ່ງ​ຕົວ​ຢ່າງ”. ບໍ່​ໄດ້ . . . → ອ່ານ: ຄວາມເສຍຫາຍດ້ານພາສີ

I may drive too much

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 . . . → ອ່ານ: I may drive too much

Aquamoth!

ແມວເຮັດໃຫ້ປະລາດຈາກຮາວາຍ – ເປັນ caterpillar amphibious ຫມົດ (ຈັດພີມມາໃນເດືອນມີນາ 22 PNAS). ໃນຂະນະທີ່ມີນ້ໍາ Lepidoptera ສອງສາມ, ທັງຫມົດຂອງເຂົາເຈົ້າມີກະດູກສັນທີ່ຮັກສາໃຫ້ເຂົາເຈົ້າຈໍາກັດນ້ໍາ (ໃຈທ່ານ, ພວກເຮົາກໍາລັງລົມກັນພຽງແຕ່ກ່ຽວກັບຂັ້ນຕອນຂອງການປ່ຽນແປງ). ຖ້າຫາກວ່ານ້ໍາຂອງເຂົາເຈົ້າ dries ເຖິງ, ສະນັ້ນບໍ່ດ້ວງ. . . . → ອ່ານ: Aquamoth!

Inaugural post

ດັ່ງ​ນັ້ນ​,, 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, ນັ້ນ. The massive wingspan, at 15mm, makes it pretty large for a Gelechiid moth. The genus, Gnorimoschema (pronounced nor-a-mosh-ma), . . . → ອ່ານ: Inaugural post