Lunes gamugamo

ANSWER: This wasn’t easybut this large and beautiful moth was from Australia and is in the family Xyloryctidae (Philarista sp.). We have a handful of representatives of this group here in the US and Ted MacRae over on Beetles in the Bush has a few great photographs of them. Somehow I think we . . . → Basahin Higit pang mga: Lunes gamugamo

Net-may pakpak Beetle

Ang mga malalaking at kawili-wiling Lycidae beetles (Lycus fernandezi) ay masaganang sa timog silangang Arizona ng ilang linggo ang nakalipas. Patuloy na lumilipad sa pagitan ng mga bulaklak at moist buhangin sila ay ginagawang madali para sa mga target na pagkuha ng litrato. Akala ko sa sarili ko “dito ay isang magandang pagkakataon upang mahuli ang isang beetle pagkuha off!”.

Maghintay para dito…

Lycus fernandezi (Lycidae)

. . . → Basahin Higit pang mga: Net-may pakpak Beetle

Lunes gamugamo

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, Kalipornya. The asters were thick in the valleys below the snow capped Sierra, and the moths were abundant. . . . → Basahin Higit pang mga: Lunes gamugamo

The Mission Blue Butterfly

 

Lalaki – 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 . . . → Basahin Higit pang mga: The Mission Blue Butterfly

Linggo Moth

 

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, pero . . . → Basahin Higit pang mga: Linggo Moth

Blue Oak Ranch Reserve

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 . . . → Basahin Higit pang mga: Blue Oak Ranch Reserve

1984

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 simplyfarms”, is attempting to make photography or drawings in, on or of a farm without explicit written consent a first degree FELONY (hanggang sa 30 years in . . . → Basahin Higit pang mga: 1984

Ang tanga ay off sa Catalina

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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. . . . → Basahin Higit pang mga: Ang tanga ay off sa Catalina

Isang Taon sa Review

Oops, Mukhang Naiwan ako sa aking unang 'blogoversary'! Lunes ika-21 ay ang isang taon na magiging point para sa aking blog; at ako ay hindi mapaniniwalaan o kapani-paniwala masaya na ginugol ang nakaraang taon pagbabahagi ng ilan sa aking mga ramblings sa lahat ng mga ka. Medyo ako nawalan track kung gaano karaming mga hit nagkaroon ako dahil inilipat ko ang lahat ng bagay . . . → Basahin Higit pang mga: Isang Taon sa Review

Ang ilang mga talagang cool na tilt-shift

Alex Wild nag-post ng ilang araw na nakalipas tungkol sa “freelensing” diskarte sa photography. Maaari kang makakuha ng ilang mga talagang cool na mga resulta, lalo na sa paglikha ng ilusyon ng Miniature – ngunit sa ngayon hindi ko pa sapat na maglakas-loob upang bigyan ito ng isang shot (walang magbigay ng isang patudyong salita inilaan). Dumating ako sa kabuuan ito kahanga-hangang compilation ng Haitian mga larawan sa NPR ngayon . . . → Basahin Higit pang mga: Ang ilang mga talagang cool na tilt-shift