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By Chris Grinter, on March 18th, 2011% Perhaps the only place in the world where you can find an American bison (vs. buffalo) standing near a beach next to a palm tree. The week on Santa Catalina was an wonderful one, and despite a cool spring with a few unseasonable frosts, some decent collecting was done. Here are just . → Read More: The Bison of Catalina Like this: Like Loading... By Chris Grinter, on February 17th, 2011% Shockingly, stunningly, amazingly; the monarchs are back (but not co-staring Julianne Moore). OK, it’s not that amazing; I pretty much predicted this would be the case last March when everyone was running around terrified because the butterflies hit an all time low (since counting started in 1993). Actually I believe I said “I will . → Read More: The Monarchs Are All Right Like this: Like Loading... By Chris Grinter, on January 19th, 2011% I have always known that in many places of the world, especially off the beaten track, caterpillars of moths and butterflies are on the menu. From Africa to Australia there are dozens of species that might taste good enough to be reasonably edible or even delicious. But here in the US insects rarely if . → Read More: Entomophagy: moths for dinner Like this: Like Loading... By Chris Grinter, on November 2nd, 2010% Check out this trailer for the film “Se Quema el Cielo” – “The Sky is Burning”. A documentary about the rehabilitation of the Guancaste rainforests in North Western Costa Rica. It looks like a beautiful film…now I just have to find a copy. Like this:Like . → Read More: Se Quema el Cielo Like this: Like Loading... By Chris Grinter, on September 6th, 2010% For regular readers of my blog you might already know my stance on the monarch, but catch up here if you’d like to. Yesterday I came across this article in the LA times – regarding the overwintering colonies of monarchs in Pacific Grove, CA. Out here, west of the continental divide, there are quite a . → Read More: Monarch Madness Like this: Like Loading... By Chris Grinter, on August 10th, 2010% Pictured is a black-veined white (Aporia crataegi ssp), and it is currently being returned to the Korean Institute of Biological Resources. Loans get returned, as they should be, every day – and can even number in the thousands of specimens. I myself have a few hundred moths out on loan from a handful of . → Read More: A Disturbing New Trend? Like this: Like Loading... By Chris Grinter, on August 6th, 2010% Here is a hill-topping male Papilio zeliacon, or Anise swallowtail. This butterfly is widespread in the western Pacific states and is probably much more common than it once was. After the introduction of fennel (Foeniculum vulgare), and subsequent escape from horticulture, the anise swallowtail took hold as a common California butterfly. Perhaps before this . → Read More: Butterfly Porn Like this: Like Loading... By Chris Grinter, on July 24th, 2010% In eastern Lassen county, on the vast high juniper hills of the California-Nevada border, there are herds of “wild” horses, sheep and cattle. Par for the course, the only flowering plant around was horehound (Marrubium vulgare). Despite the non-native flora and (semi)mega-fauna, the insects were still at home. Being the only nectar source, the small . → Read More: The only bar in town Like this: Like Loading... By Chris Grinter, on June 26th, 2010% Welcome to volume eight of the inconsistently reoccurring series, Genius of the Press. I came across this article recently regarding an endemic Puerto Rican butterfly. Who can tell me exactly why this report is misleading? It may be a little trickier than the standard GOP (I suggest discarding any previously associated acronyms with those letters). → Read More: Genius of the Press VIII Like this: Like Loading... By Chris Grinter, on June 23rd, 2010% I’ve always wondered how to find the correct terminology for land cover in a given area. Usually, I just ballpark something along the lines of “oak chaparral”. But now I can use this awesome new map brought to us by the USGS/National Biological Information Infrastructure. The level of detail is amazing, and you can . → Read More: Landscape Cover Map Like this: Like Loading...
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Ag Chris Grinter, ar 10 Lúnasa, 2011% Fresh as an presses, an Gorm Miami Féileacán (MBB) liostaithe anois mar i mbaol federally trí ghníomh ar fhoráil éigeandála. Huzzah! (ceart?) Miami Féileacán Blue ó Féileacáin Mheiriceá Bhí mo chéad smaoineamh “fan, Ní raibh sé seo i mbaol cheana?”. Is ea, casadh amach an MBB Tá stát-i mbaol ó 2002 tar éis achainí éigeandála roimhe . . . → Read More: NABA Géara Éisc agus Fiadhúlra i Zombies brainless Cosúil le seo: Cosúil Ag luchtú ... Ag Chris Grinter, ar 22 Iúil, 2011% Baineann sé le bheith tamall beag ó GOP dúshlán deiridh, ach tá sé seo le softball. Tá mé ag súil go raibh siad ach ró-leisciúil a fháil ar íomhá níos oiriúnaí… Cosúil le seo:Cosúil le Loading… Cosúil le seo: Cosúil Ag luchtú ... Ag Chris Grinter, ar 12 Iúil, 2011% Bhuel is féidir leat a bheith guessed nach bhfuil an ábhar chomh shocking mar a léiríonn mo teideal, ach ní raibh mé in ann cabhrú ach a casadh as an t-alt Guardian. Bhfaighidh mé i ndáiríre hilarious é nuair a thiocfaidh mé ar fud rud a deir go bhfuil eolaithe “astounded”, “baffled”, “shocked”, “puzzled”, – Buille faoi thuairim mé go bhfuil ábhar le haghaidh am eile… Mar sin féin a . . . → Read More: Feighlithe astounded! Cosúil le seo: Cosúil Ag luchtú ... Ag Chris Grinter, ar an 2 Bealtaine, 2011% Fireann – Marin ceann tíre Cosúil le sin go leor ainmhithe uirbeacha eile, an Gorm Misean Féileacán (Plebejus icarioides missionensis) tá sé ar cheann go bhfuil nguais gravely. Seo saol beag gorm i blúirí beaga gnáthóige taobh il-milliún dollar Forbairt i agus timpeall an San Francisco Bay. A céad bliain ó shin bhí an féileacán . . . → Read More: Misean Féileacán Blue Cosúil le seo: Cosúil Ag luchtú ... Ag Chris Grinter, ar 17 Feabhra, 2011% Shockingly, stunningly, amazingly; Is iad na monarchs ar ais (ach gan comh-stánadh Julianne Moore). OK, nach bhfuil sé sin iontach; I tuartha go leor i bhfad go mbeadh sé seo an cás Márta seo caite nuair a bhí gach duine ag rith faitíos ar fud toisc go bhuail an féileacáin am ar fad íseal (ós rud é comhaireamh thosaigh i 1993). I ndáiríre Creidim dúirt mé “Beidh mé . . . → Read More: An Monarchs An bhfuil Gach Ceart Cosúil le seo: Cosúil Ag luchtú ... Ag Chris Grinter, 10 Feabhra, 2011% A softball don dúshlán seo GOP. Tagann an íomhá seo faoi chúram an Abhcóide Victoria (Páipéar TX) – le airteagal droch scríofa faoi féileacáin. Is é seo an flop íomhá éasca go leor, ach le haghaidh pointí breise ar féidir leo a insint dom cad eile atá mícheart sa téacs? Cosúil le seo:Cosúil . . . → Read More: Genius an Phreasa XVI Cosúil le seo: Cosúil Ag luchtú ... Ag Chris Grinter, ar an 24 Eanáir, 2011% (Creidmheasa: David Cappaert, Insectimages.org) Má tharlaíonn tú a bheith i do chónaí i Yolo, Solano nó Sacramento contaetha ba chóir duit ceann amach le glan. Art Shaprio gur thairg don bhliain 40 a iomaíocht féileacán cabáiste bán. Má tá tú ag an-an chéad duine a ghabháil cabáiste bán (Pieris amach . . . → Read More: Féileacáin do Beoir Cosúil le seo: Cosúil Ag luchtú ... Ag Chris Grinter, ar an 19 Eanáir, 2011% Tá mé ar a dtugtar i gcónaí go bhfuil i go leor áiteanna ar fud an domhain, go háirithe as an mbóthar fosta, Tá boilb de leamhain agus féileacáin ar an roghchlár. Ón Afraic go dtí an Astráil tá an iliomad speicis a d'fhéadfadh blas maith go leor chun a bheith réasúnta inite nó fiú delicious. Ach anseo sna Stáit Aontaithe Poist feithidí annamh má . . . → Read More: Entomophagy: leamhain don dinnéar Cosúil le seo: Cosúil Ag luchtú ... Ag Chris Grinter, ar an 2ú Nollaig, 2010% Tá a fhios agam cad tá mé ag súil le haghaidh ó Santa na bliana seo! Bhuel, Ní i ndáiríre. I actuality ní féidir liom féileacáin a bhailiú, agus go háirithe nach na birdwings ollmhór. Is ainmhithe néal, ach seachas a bheith ollmhór, go bhfuil siad chomh daor (na heiseamail meán dul ar feadh thart ar céad bucks). Tá an chuid is fiú iad a thuairisciú den scéal seo . . . → Read More: 'Is e an séasúr a thabhairt Cosúil le seo: Cosúil Ag luchtú ... Ag Chris Grinter, ar an 18 Samhain, 2010% Cé fearas mé suas le haghaidh poist níos mó de shubstaint, taitneamh a bhaint as an físeán gearr ó Acadamh California bailithe féileacán nEolaíochtaí. Dhéanann Penny norm post iontach a roinnt roinnt dár GEMS, tá sé ach ró-olc nach bhfuil an físeán bith níos faide (nó faoi leamhain!). Cosúil le seo:Cosúil . . . → Read More: Cal Acadamh Féileacáin Cosúil le seo: Cosúil Ag luchtú ...