Δευτέρα Moth

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 . . . → Διαβάστε περισσότερα: Δευτέρα Moth

Δευτέρα Moth

Chiricahua multidentata (Geometridae)

This Monday’s moth is a spectacular species from the mountains of ArizonaChiricahua multidentata, a Geometrid. The only known location for this species is at the very top of the Chiricahua mountains above 9,000 πόδια (which was just bruned to a crisp). Hopefully the fire was not . . . → Διαβάστε περισσότερα: Δευτέρα Moth

Δευτέρα Moth

I’ll keep the ball rolling with Arctiinae and post a photo today of Ctenucha brunnea. This moth can be common in tall grasses along beaches from San Francisco to LAalthough in recent decades the numbers of this moth have been declining with habitat destruction and the invasion of beach grass (Ammophila arenaria). Αλλά . . . → Διαβάστε περισσότερα: Δευτέρα Moth

Δευτέρα Moth

I’m going to keep the ball rolling with this series and try to make it more regular. I will also focus on highlighting a new species each week from the massive collections here at the California Academy of Sciences. This should give me enough material forat least a few hundred years.

Grammia . . . → Διαβάστε περισσότερα: Δευτέρα Moth

Richard Branson είναι ένας ηλίθιος

 

Πηγή: Βικιπαίδεια

Αποδεικνύεται ότι Richard Branson έχει μια νέα ιδέα; για να αποθηκεύσετε το ring-ουρά κερκοπίθηκος (Κερκοπίθηκος catta) με την εισαγωγή τους στην ιδιωτική του Βρετανικές Παρθένοι Νησί. Δεδομένου ότι το άρθρο επισημαίνει Μπράνσον δαπάνησε εκατομμύρια λίρες και χρόνια προσπάθειας για να μετατρέψει το νησί σε “the most ecologically . . . → Διαβάστε περισσότερα: Richard Branson είναι ένας ηλίθιος

Αποκαλύφθηκε το μυστήριο

Εντάξει – a few apologies for not having full images *yet* of the larvae in question (I will in a few days!). Over the weekend I was out with a group of Berkeley students on Mount Hamilton and PhD candidate Meghan Culpepper collected a few species of Scaphinotus and a some larvae! So the specimen . . . → Διαβάστε περισσότερα: Αποκαλύφθηκε το μυστήριο

Estimates of Global Species Diversity

This recent article in the American Naturalist has taken a second look at some of the famously inflated species estimates, some going high as 100 million (Erwin, 1988). Estimates conducted by the authors indicate that projections above 30 million have probabilities of <0.00001. Their estimated range is more likely to be between 2.5 και . . . → Διαβάστε περισσότερα: Estimates of Global Species Diversity

Aquamoth μέρος 3

Η συνέχιση της σειράς aquamoth, αυτή τη φορά με βίντεο από την Παρασκευή επιστήμης! Ναί, Έχω να συνδεθεί, επειδή wordpress δεν θα ενσωματώσει… Χάρη Ted, κατάλαβα ότι έξω!

Aquamoth μέρος 2

I came across the full-text PDF of the amphibious moth article and extracted the tree showing the radiation of this species group and probable evolution of the amphibious traits. Interesting to note the case shape, and each moth is endemic to its own volcano in the Hawaiian archipelago.

This is a Bayesian analysis of . . . → Διαβάστε περισσότερα: Aquamoth μέρος 2

Aquamoth!

Another amazing animal from Hawaiia completely amphibious caterpillar (published in the March 22 PNAS). While there are a few aquatic Lepidoptera, all of them have gills that keep them restricted to the water (mind you, we are talking only about the larval stage). If their stream dries up, so does the caterpillar. . . . → Διαβάστε περισσότερα: Aquamoth!