A ghost is born

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 postów. Resolution: more posting!

Now I haven’t started blogging about music (for those . . . → Czytaj więcej: A ghost is born

Biologia ducha

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 . . . → Czytaj więcej: Biologia ducha

Just too Easy

Naturalnie, 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 . . . → Czytaj więcej: Just too Easy

Taksonomia 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 . . . → Czytaj więcej: Taksonomia fail

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 . . . → Czytaj więcej: I may drive too much

Aquamoth!

Kolejne niesamowite zwierzę z Hawajów – a completely amphibious caterpillar (Opublikowane w marcu 22 PNA). Podczas gdy istnieje kilka wodnych lepidoptera, Wszyscy mają skrzela, które utrzymują je ograniczone do wody (pamiętaj o tym, Mówimy tylko o etapie larwalnym). Jeśli ich strumień wyschnie, Podobnie gąsienica. . . . → Czytaj więcej: Aquamoth!

Inaugural post

Tak, 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, Kalifornia. The massive wingspan, at 15mm, makes it pretty large for a Gelechiid moth. The genus, Gnorimoschema (pronounced nor-a-mosh-ma), . . . → Czytaj więcej: Inaugural post