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By Chris Grinter, on March 27th, 2014% Things have been quiet here for quite a while – mostly because I’ve been inundated with work (always a good thing). But I have also recently joined the party eight years late to the Twitter train. For daily images of cool insects please follow me over there @skepticalmoth. Of course some stories require . → Read More: Follow me on Twitter By Chris Grinter, on October 21st, 2013% This beautiful animal is a moth I reared from Quercus palmeri down in the Chiricahua Mountains of Arizona. It’s in the family Gracillariidae and most likely in the genus Acrocercops – according to Dave Wagner it may represent a new species, but that’s not an uncommon thing with small moths. It was fairly abundant, so . → Read More: Monday Moth By Chris Grinter, on July 22nd, 2013% I’m excited to be participating this year as an instructor for the Lepidoptera Course at the Southwestern Research Station near Portal, Arizona. I’ll be one of eight other instructors who will provide a hands on and intense 9-day long course on the collection, preservation and identification of Lepidoptera. I really can’t imagine a better way . → Read More: LepCourse 2013 – learn about moths and butterflies! By Chris Grinter, on May 6th, 2013% The time is fast approaching for this years National Moth Week, July 20-28 2013! The first ever Moth Week last year was a huge success with over 300 events from 49 US States and 30 countries! Help make this year even bigger – if you’re interested in moths at all you should find a local . → Read More: National Moth Week 2013! By Chris Grinter, on March 18th, 2013% For this Monday’s Moth I thought I’d post a brief tutorial on how to accurately determine the sex of moths. While there are lots of examples of sexually dimorphic species (where males and females are obviously different), the vast majority of moths are not. Saturniidae make our lives easy by having strikingly different antennae between . → Read More: How to Sex a Moth By Chris Grinter, on February 4th, 2013% How about another unidentified Gelechiidae from the same location as the previous specimen (nr. Prescott Arizona). I’m taking a stab at this moth being in the genus Chionodes – and it is superficially similar to the species C. continuella. Thankfully there is a monograph of this group (Moths of America North of Mexico, fascicle 7.6) . → Read More: Monday Moth By Chris Grinter, on January 7th, 2013% This moth is a good example of what a lot of my moths are at the moment – unidentified! This is certainly a Gelechiidae, you can see the large upturned palps on the front of the head, and a finger-shaped projection on the tips of the hindwings. Just about one of the easiest . → Read More: Monday Moth By Chris Grinter, on December 16th, 2012% A few months ago many of you probably stumbled across this meme – the famous Poodle Moth! And indeed for the most part the reporting was half decent. Yes, it’s real. Yes, it’s a moth. Yes, it’s probably a species in the Lasiocampidae (possibly the genus Artace) as correctly pointed out by Dr. John Rawlins. → Read More: The Poodle Moth and the Problem of Cryptozoology By Chris Grinter, on December 10th, 2012% Welcome to the new home of the Skeptical Moth! I know updating blogrolls isn’t all that fun, but thank you for sticking with me. And since it’s Monday – here is an Automeris io (Saturniidae) from southern Illinois, May 2012. Cheers and Happy New Year! → Read More: Welcome To The New Location! By Chris Grinter, on December 3rd, 2012% Today’s moth is a stunning micro and another creature from Barb Bartell’s back yard in the Rockies. To the best of my knowledge it’s a species of Mompha (Coleophoridae), probably claudiella,but I don’t have a positive ID on this bug yet. Once I start digging through the micros from this site there are sure to . → Read More: Monday Moth
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Ag Chris Grinter, ar an 27 Márta, 2014% Rudaí a bhí ciúin anseo ar feadh tréimhse fada – den chuid is mó mar tá mé ag inundated le hobair (i gcónaí gur rud maith é). Ach tá mé freisin isteach le déanaí ar an bpáirtí ocht mbliana go déanach go dtí an traein Twitter. For daily images of cool insects please follow me over there @skepticalmoth. Of course some stories require . . . → Read More: Lean mé ar Twitter Ag Chris Grinter, 21 Deireadh Fómhair, 2013% This beautiful animal is a moth I reared from Quercus palmeri down in the Chiricahua Mountains of Arizona. Tá sé i Gracillariidae teaghlaigh agus is dócha sa Acrocercops ghéineas – de réir Dave Wagner d'fhéadfadh sé ionadaíocht a dhéanamh ar speiceas nua, ach ní go rud neamhchoitianta le leamhain beag. Bhí sé cothrom flúirseach, mar sin . . . → Read More: Dé Luain Leamhan Ag Chris Grinter, ar 22 Iúil, 2013% Tá mé ar bís le bheith rannpháirteach i mbliana mar theagascóir don Chúrsa Lepidoptera ag an Stáisiún Taighde Southwestern aice Tairseach, Arizona. Feicfidh mé a bheith ar cheann de ocht teagascóirí eile a bheidh ar fáil ar lámha ar an agus dian chúrsa 9-lá fada ar an mbailiúchán, caomhnú agus aithint Lepidoptera. Ní féidir liom a shamhlú i ndáiríre ar bhealach níos fearr . . . → Read More: LepCourse 2013 – foghlaim faoi leamhain agus féileacáin! Ag Chris Grinter, ar an 6ú Bealtaine, 2013% Is é an t-am ag teacht go tapa ar an blianta Seachtain Náisiúnta na Leamhan, Iúil 20-28 2013! Ba é an chéad uair riamh Seachtain Leamhan bhliain seo caite d'éirigh thar barr le níos mó ná 300 imeachtaí ó 49 Stáit na Stát Aontaithe agus 30 tíortha! Cabhair a dhéanamh ar na bliana seo fiú níos mó – má tá suim agat i leamhain tú ag gach ba chóir duit a fháil ar áitiúil . . . → Read More: Seachtain Náisiúnta Leamhan 2013! Ag Chris Grinter, ar 18 Márta, 2013% Chun Leamhan seo an Luan shíl mé gur mhaith liom post teagaisc gearr ar an gcaoi a chinneadh go cruinn an gnéas na leamhain. Cé go bhfuil go leor samplaí de speicis gnéasach dimorphic (i gcás ina bhfuil fireannaigh agus baineannaigh ndóigh difriúil), Nach bhfuil an chuid is mó de na leamhain. Saturniidae a dhéanamh ar ár saol éasca ag a bhfuil aeróga strikingly éagsúla idir . . . → Read More: Conas a Gnéas le Leamhan Ag Chris Grinter, on February 4th, 2013% How about another unidentified Gelechiidae from the same location as the previous specimen (nr. Prescott Arizona). I’m taking a stab at this moth being in the genus Chionodes – and it is superficially similar to the species C. continuella. Thankfully there is a monograph of this group (Moths of America North of Mexico, fascicle 7.6) . . . → Read More: Dé Luain Leamhan Ag Chris Grinter, on January 7th, 2013% This moth is a good example of what a lot of my moths are at the moment – unidentified! This is certainly a Gelechiidae, you can see the large upturned palps on the front of the head, and a finger-shaped projection on the tips of the hindwings. Just about one of the easiest . . . → Read More: Dé Luain Leamhan Ag Chris Grinter, an 16 Nollaig, 2012% Cúpla mí ó shin go leor de tú shiúil dócha ar fud an meme – an cáiliúil Poodle Leamhan! Agus go deimhin don chuid is mó a bhí an tuairisciú leath réasúnta. Is ea, tá sé fíor-. Is ea, tá sé ina moth. Is ea, is dócha go bhfuil speiceas sa Lasiocampidae (b'fhéidir, an Artace ghéineas) mar a dúirt i gceart ag an Dr. John Rawlins. . . . → Read More: An Leamhan Poodle agus an Fadhb na Cryptozoology Ag Chris Grinter, ar an 10 Nollaig, 2012% Fáilte go dtí an baile nua ar an Leamhan skeptical! A fhios agam nach bhfuil cothrom le dáta blogrolls léir go spraoi, ach go raibh maith agat as sticking le liom. Agus ó tá sé Dé Luain – here is an Automeris io (Saturniidae) ó dheas Illinois, Bealtaine 2012. Cheers agus Bliain Nua Shona! . . . → Read More: Fáilte Chun an Suíomh Nua! Ag Chris Grinter, on December 3rd, 2012% Today’s moth is a stunning micro and another creature from Barb Bartell’s back yard in the Rockies. To the best of my knowledge it’s a species of Mompha (Coleophoridae), probably claudiella,but I don’t have a positive ID on this bug yet. Once I start digging through the micros from this site there are sure to . . . → Read More: Dé Luain Leamhan