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By Chris Grinter, on October 17th, 2011% Maroga setiotricha (Xyloryctidae) Another huge Australian “microlep”, (probably) Maroga setiotricha: Xylorictidae – measuring in at 60mm. With wings like this they must make formidable fliers. According to the Xyloryctinae Moths of Australia blog the larvae are stem borers into Acacia sp. (Mimosaceae). This specimen was collected in November of 1962 by Ed Ross . → Read More: Monday Moth By Chris Grinter, on October 17th, 2011% CNN has now jumped on the bandwagon of FOX-esque bashing of scientific funding. Reporter Erin Burnett “reports” on the federal funding of $5.7 million dollars to help fight the invasive Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Halyomorpha halys). Burnett’s sarcasm is nearly thick enough to break into SNL levels of ridiculousness, but she seems genuine in her . → Read More: Stink Bug Stink By Chris Grinter, on October 4th, 2011% A few months ago a magnificent key to the Lepidoptera of Canada (all of them) was published by Jason Dombroskie – a PhD student from the U. of Alberta. The program is available for windows users only so I haven’t had a good chance to explore it yet – but the PDF is available online . → Read More: Key to the Lepidoptera of Canada By Chris Grinter, on October 3rd, 2011% Gnophaela vermiculata pair This Monday moth is an Arctiinae, Gnophaela vermiculata. These beautiful day flying moths were abundant on yellow Helianthus flowers around 9000′ in the Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico. Caterpillars feed on bluebells, but the adults prefer the highest quality nectar source in the area – which fortunately makes for . → Read More: Monday Moth
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Ag 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: Lean mé ar Twitter Cosúil le seo: Cosúil Ag luchtú ... Ag Chris Grinter, ar 14 Márta, 2013% Is breá liom ag tochailt tríd an poll abyssal ar an idirlíon mire mar a rachaidh mé chun GEMS mar seo a aimsiú: An Mothman ar Mars? Nasctha sa 'earra’ Is grianghraf Rover NASA Fiosracht, Mastcam Ceart. Grianghraf tógtha ar 21 Feabhra 2013. An charraig siad ag caint faoi mar a “mothman” i thaobh na láimhe clé uachtair . . . → Read More: An Mothman cuairt ar Mhars Cosúil le seo: Cosúil Ag luchtú ... 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 Cosúil le seo: Cosúil Ag luchtú ... Ag Chris Grinter, ar an 24 Samhain, 2012% Fág go Denver a chur le chéile dhá rud idéalach chun an bhlag seo – feithideolaíocht amhras! Más rud é nach bhfuil tú ag feiceáil ar na clips a chur ansin an dara chun féachaint ar na físeáin thuas. Ar a laghad is cosúil seo a bheith ina feiniméan fíor, foirne ceamara ón stáisiún nuacht bhí siad in ann . . . → Read More: Deaglán saithí Thar Denver Cosúil le seo: Cosúil Ag luchtú ... Ag Chris Grinter, ar an 26ú Aibreán, 2012% Tá an nuacht áitiúil don chuid is mó de na Stáit Aontaithe thoir agus Ceanada curtha aflutter (Tá) le déanaí le tuarascálacha na irruption de Vanessa Atalanta – an féileacán Red Aimiréil. Cé go bhfuil sé seo le tarlú coiteann gach earrach do na féileacáin ag dul ar imirce ó thuaidh óna forais overwintering sna Stáit Aontaithe ó dheas, . . . → Read More: An ionradh ar an Féileacáin Cosúil le seo: Cosúil Ag luchtú ... Ag Chris Grinter, ar an 16ú Samhain, 2011% Mé díreach tar éis ar ais ó Chumann entomological Mheiriceá comhdháil bhliantúil i Reno, Nevada! Tá sé an gcruinniú is mó dá leithéid ar domhan, le níos mó ná 4,000 lucht freastail ó gach tráth den saol taighde feithidí. Tá mo leasanna i Systematics, cainteanna éabhlóid agus bithéagsúlacht – agus beidh mé iarracht a recap roinnt de na . . . → Read More: Bugs i Reno: ESA 2011 Cosúil le seo: Cosúil Ag luchtú ... Ag Chris Grinter, ar an 9 Samhain, 2011% Ba chóir dúinn a cheiliúradh ar fad an lá seo le gníomh na heolaíochta nó amhras. Plandaí an síol fiosrúcháin agus smaointeoireacht chriticiúil, nó a chur i láthair a leathnú do dhearcadh féin. Bhí mé suas roimh breacadh an lae ar maidin agus faire na réaltaí maidin céimnithe taobh thiar de na solas na gréine ag ardú. Thug sé chun cuimhne mo . . . → Read More: Breithlá shona, Carl Sagan. Cosúil le seo: Cosúil Ag luchtú ... Ag Chris Grinter, ar 17 Deireadh Fómhair, 2011% CNN Tá léim anois ar an bandwagon de bashing FOX-esque maoinithe eolaíochta. Tuairisceoir Erin Burnett “Tuarascálacha” ar mhaoiniú cónaidhme de $5.7 milliún dollar chun cabhrú le troid leis an ionrach Donn Marmorated stink Bug (Halys Halyomorpha). Tá searbhas Burnett ar beagnach tiubh go leor chun a bhriseadh i leibhéil SNL na ridiculousness, ach is cosúil sí fíor ina . . . → Read More: Stink Bug stink Cosúil le seo: Cosúil Ag luchtú ... Ag Chris Grinter, ar 30 Meán Fómhair, 2011% Today marks a sad day in Physics history, the Tevatron accelerator at Fermi Lab in Batavia Illinois was powered down for the last time. Once the second most powerful accelerator in the world (and most powerful in the USA), the new LHC has made this beautiful machine obsolete. I can only assume the teams of . . . → Read More: The end of an era Cosúil le seo: Cosúil Ag luchtú ... Ag Chris Grinter, on September 13th, 2011% This is a pretty epic fail. I guess the “young adult” publishing guidelines are less strict with “facts”. Thanks to Richard Lee Brown for first posting this on Facebook. Cosúil le seo:Cosúil le Loading… Cosúil le seo: Cosúil Ag luchtú ...