Jumatatu nondo

Oops, Mimi skipped nondo mwisho Jumatatu ya, hivyo hapa ni mbili! Hizi ni baadhi stunners kutoka CAS Philippines msafara na nadhani kuwa figured nje ya majina yao. Kama unajua bora, tafadhali nikosoe.

 

Stop dharma (Limacodidae)

 

Parot marginata (Crambidae)

 

. . . → Soma Zaidi: Jumatatu nondo

Wadudu wa Philippines I

Mwezi mmoja uliopita au zaidi Chuo cha Sayansi cha California kilianzisha safari kamili ya kwenda Ufilipino. Wakati pesa nyingi zilitumika kwenye meli ya kukamata na timu za kupiga mbizi, kulikuwa na sehemu ya nchi kavu. Wakati sikuweza kwenda (na kukaa nyumbani na kupiga kelele), Nilizungumza baadhi . . . → Soma Zaidi: Wadudu wa Philippines I

Nondo Anayecheza

Hapa kuna video nyingine nzuri kutoka kwa Warren! Nadhani hii ni Choreutidae kwa sababu ya jinsi mbawa zinavyoshikwa wakati wa kucheza – ingawa ni haraka sana kupata sura wazi. Ikizingatiwa kuwa inatoka kwa wanyama ambao siwafahamu kabisa naweza kukosea kwa urahisi – so please correct me . . . → Soma Zaidi: Nondo Anayecheza

Jumatatu nondo

 

This week’s moth is a video of a dancing micro from the Philippines (taken by Warren Laurde). As you might suspect this is a mating display that ends in a pretty spectacular headstand. There are lots of other microleps that have dancing or display behavior, but there are almost no other videos online . . . → Soma Zaidi: Jumatatu nondo

Wana Arachnologists wametua

sawa, not an insect

 

For the next three weeks my colleagues from the Arachnology lab at the California Academy of Sciences are in the Philippines! (no, not jealous at all…) The trip is part of the CAS Hearst expedition, a massive effort spanning all of our research departments to survey . . . → Soma Zaidi: Wana Arachnologists wametua