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The Art of a Goose Chase By Chris Grinter, on May 2nd, 2010 For the last four weekends now I have been on a goose chase, for one moth, Heliolonche celeris. It’s a beautiful small Noctuidae with pinkish forewings and stunning orange-red hindwings. It isn’t very often encountered and only found along the northern California mountain ranges feeding on Malacothrix floccifera – a CA endemic flower. Every trip I have gotten skunked, until today – I collected two! As you may recall my first outing was about a month ago, no moth, but a beautiful series of specimens and photographs of Adela moths. The last few trips haven’t even come close to being as productive as the Adela one. So what to do when not finding your target? Get a sun burn and take some crummy photos. Caught in the act. Plebejus acmon (continued below) Not quite a moth. No moth, no moth, no moth… ONE MOTH! This H. celeris is exhibiting typical flower moth behavior, sitting on the flower head plain as day. They actually stay like this all night on the flower (even if it closes up around them as some flowers do – which leads to them colloquially being known as “taco moths”… because the moth’s butt sticks up past the petals and looks like it’s in a taco). And this is exactly why I left my apartment at 6 am this morning to arrive by 8. If it is still cold out they don’t even twitch when you approach. And, if they aren’t flying, it’s easy to survey an area for moths and know that you haven’t missed any. But, as soon as the sun warms them up, they become zippy bastards and vanish before you can even reach for the lens cap. This being the first moth I saw today I really didn’t make the effort to take a great image. Subjects have a nasty habit of flying away right after you get the good shot (well, usually right before the good shot)… and I couldn’t risk losing the only specimen of the day. Like this: Like Loading...
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Ag Chris Grinter, 4 Bealtaine, 2010% Ó phiobair Pericopinae. Thaifeadadh mé an físeán seo ar an láthair i dtuaisceart na Costa Rica cúpla bliain ó shin. Nuair a shroich mé síos a phiocadh suas an moth, bhí sé deacair a sheachaint noticing an iompar. An moth, Chetone angulosa (Noctuidae: Pericopinae) ((úsáidtear a bheith Arctiidae)), Tá meicníocht cosanta coiteann don ghrúpa – siad . . . → Read More: Chumhrán Leamhan Cosúil le seo: Cosúil Ag luchtú ... Ag Chris Grinter, ar an 2 Bealtaine, 2010% I gcás na ceithre seachtaine anuas anois tá mé ar chase gé, do moth amháin, Heliolonche celeris. Tá sé Noctuidae beag álainn le forewings pinkish agus hindwings oráiste-dearg néal. Níl sé a bhíonn go minic agus fuair sé ach amháin ar feadh na sliabhraonta thuaidh California bheathú ar Malacothrix floccifera – bláth endemic CA. Gach turas . . . → Read More: An Ealaín de Chase Goose Cosúil le seo: Cosúil Ag luchtú ...