RĂSPUNS: Acest lucru nu a fost ușor – dar acest molie mare și frumos a fost din Australia și este în familie Xyloryctidae (Philarista sp.). Avem o mana de reprezentanți ai acestui grup aici, în SUA și Ted MacRae peste pe Gândacii în Bush are câteva fotografii mari ale acestora. Cumva cred că . . . → Citeste mai mult: Luni Moth
 8 comentarii - (Comentariile sunt închise)  Entomologie  Academia de Științe din California, Concurs, Entomologie, Molii, Fotografie, Specie These large and interesting Lycidae beetles (Lycus fernandezi) were abundant in south eastern Arizona a few weeks ago. Constantly flying between flowers and moist sand they were making for easy photography targets. I thought to myself “here is a great opportunity to catch a beetle taking off!”. Wait for it… Lycus fernandezi (Lycidae) . . . → Citeste mai mult: Net-Winged Beetle Trimiteți acest! 2 comentarii - (Comentariile sunt închise) Entomologie Arizona, Gandaci, Coleoptera, Entomologie, Fotografie
Whoops, it’s almost Tuesday! Above is Schinia ligeae (Noctuidae) resting on its host plant Xylorhiza tortifolia, the Mojave Aster. I photographed this about three weeks ago outside the town of Big Pine, California. The asters were thick in the valleys below the snow capped Sierra, and the moths were abundant. . . . → Citeste mai mult: Luni Moth Trimiteți acest! 2 comentarii - (Comentariile sunt închise) Entomologie Colectare, Entomologie, Flori, lepidoptere, Molii, Fotografie
Masculin – Marin Headlands Like so many other urban animals, the Mission Blue Butterfly (Plebejus icarioides missionensis) is one that is gravely imperiled. This small blue lives in tiny fragments of habitat alongside multi-million dollar development in and around the San Francisco Bay. A century ago this butterfly . . . → Citeste mai mult: Fluturele albastru de misiune Trimiteți acest! 3 comentarii - (Comentariile sunt închise) Entomologie Fluturi, Conservare, Specii pe cale de dispariție, lepidoptere, Misiune Albastru, Fotografie
Everyone is familiar with the famous death’s head hawkmoth, but I think it’s a shame we have popularized such a grim character. Above is a much more cheery Neotropical Arctiinae from French Guiana that looks like it’s sporting a clown face. Sadly this isn’t my photograph, dar . . . → Citeste mai mult: Sunday Moth Trimiteți acest! 4 comentarii - (Comentariile sunt închise) Entomologie Colectare, France, French Guiana, lepidoptere, Molii, Fotografie, Tropics A few weeks ago I was invited to join a Berkeley entomology class out in the field for the weekend. Our destination was the Blue Oak Ranch Reserve; one of the newest reserves to the University of California system located just outside of San Jose on Mount Hamilton (map below). It was a . . . → Citeste mai mult: Rezervația Blue Oak Ranch Trimiteți acest! Comentariile sunt închise Entomologie Gandaci, Berkeley, Entomologie, Molii, Fotografie, Păianjenii, University of California Better be careful of what you do while out in the countryside. Farms can be dangerous places, especially if you’re a photographer. Proposed legislation in Florida, titled simply “farms”, is attempting to make photography or drawings in, on or of a farm without explicit written consent a first degree FELONY (up to 30 years in . . . → Citeste mai mult: 1984 Trimiteți acest! 2 comentarii - (Comentariile sunt închise) Scepticism Farms, Laws, Fotografie, Republican, Scepticism [cetsEmbedGmap src=http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=33.393039,-118.416824&spn=0.359452,0.715485&t=h&z=11 width=600 height=330 marginwidth=0 marginheight=0 frameborder=0 scrolling=auto] Tomorrow morning I’m off for a 10 day collecting trip down to Catalina Island. I’ve been lucky enough to be invited to join Dr. Jerry Powell of UC Berkeley on a moth survey, and this will be my first time to any of the islands. . . . → Citeste mai mult: Molie este oprit la Catalina Trimiteți acest! Comentariile sunt închise Entomologie, Diverse Catalina, Channel Islands, Colectare, Entomologie, Fotografie Hopa, looks like I missed my first ‘blogoversary’! Monday the 21st was the one year turning point for my blog; and I’m incredibly happy to have spent the last year sharing some of my ramblings with all of you. I’ve somewhat lost track of how many hits I’ve had since I moved everything . . . → Citeste mai mult: Un an în revizuire Trimiteți acest! Comentariile sunt închise Diverse Blogoversary, Entomologie, Molii, Specii noi, Fotografie, Scepticism Alex Wild postat câteva zile în urmă cu aproximativ “freelensing” tehnica de fotografie. Puteți obține unele rezultate foarte cool, mai ales cu creand iluzia de miniaturi – dar până acum nu am fost suficient de curajos pentru a da o sansa (nu joc de cuvinte destinate). Am dat peste această compilație impresionant de imagini din Haiti pe NPR astăzi . . . → Citeste mai mult: Unele foarte cool tilt-shift Trimiteți acest! |
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