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Conserving Monarchs

Adrian Thysse wrote 19 hours ago: A new organization has been formed to preserve monarch butterfly habitat: We are pleased to announce … more →

Tags: Canada, Entomology, Conservation, Monarch, butterflies, México, USA

Insects use tools, but do they self-medicate?1 comment

Cheshire wrote 2 days ago: This is my first researchblogging post in awhile…so I figured I’d make it worthwhile by … more →

Tags: Academia, Biochemistry, General Entomology, Insect Ecology, Insect Pathology, Parasitology, Science journalism, The Interweb, Arctiidae

Scaly-winged creatures!4 comments

Ashwin Baindur wrote 1 week ago: Post 1 of ‘Learning about Lepidoptera’  Series! Elaborate colours and arrangements of sc … more →

Tags: Learning about Lepidoptera, Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), Scales, butterflies, moths, Wings

Monday Moth: White-tipped Black Moth12 comments

Ted C. MacRae wrote 1 month ago: Photo details: Canon 100mm macro lens on Canon 50D (manual mode), ISO-100, 1/250 sec, f/22, MT-24EX … more →

Tags: Geometridae, Entomology, Florida, geometrid moths, Mimicry, moths, predator avoidance, warning coloration

The World Atlas4 comments

Funky Slug wrote 1 month ago: So today was a visit to the zoo… London Zoo to be specific, and if I’m brutally honest I … more →

Tags: animals, butterflies, moths, Nature, FS Photography, Funky Slug, moth, Butterfly, Atlas Moth

Lepidoptera

wildwatertv wrote 2 months ago:   Lepidoptera are butterflies and moths.  Although we generally just see their wings they have inter … more →

Tags: Micro Photography, Close-Up, Insects, Macro Photography, Microphotography, Microscopy, photomicroscopy, wildlife, wing scales

Noctua pronuba (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

corycampora wrote 2 months ago: Took this picture of a mating pair of what I think are large yellow underwing moths (Noctua pronuba) … more →

Tags: Guam

We've fledged a monarch!7 comments

myrmecos wrote 3 months ago: It’s been ages since I hatched out monarch butterflies.  But old habits die hard, and we … more →

Tags: Nature, Photography, Monarch Butterfly

Some historical info on the green sphinx moth

corycampora wrote 3 months ago: Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society Vol. XVIII, No. 1, August, 1962, pps 121-122. The … more →

Tags: cryptoentomology, Cryptozoology

Book Review: "The Dangerous World of Butterflies" by Peter Laufer2 comments

nutmegpolymath wrote 3 months ago: The Dangerous World of Butterflies by Peter Laufer ♦♦♦♦♦/♦♦♦♦♦ I mentioned this book in a previous p … more →

Tags: Reviews, Libri, Fauna, Entomology, Book Review, butterflies, Dr. Peter Laufer, caterpillars, moth

Cryptoentomology2 comments

corycampora wrote 3 months ago: Cryptozoology seems to be one of the current fads in TV these days.  There is Monster Quest on the H … more →

Tags: cryptoentomology, Cryptozoology

"I'm Such an Ug-i-ly Bug"

nutmegpolymath wrote 3 months ago: Last week I started reading The Dangerous World of Butterflies by Peter Laufer. The concept for the … more →

Tags: Fauna, Entomology, butterflies, Dr. Peter Laufer, caterpillars, moths

Lualualei Lycaenids

corycampora wrote 3 months ago: Went hiking the other day to check out some conservation work being done by a contractor in the moun … more →

Tags: Lualualei

Lepidoptera3 comments

Andy Jendrzejewski wrote 3 months ago: I never thought of butterflies having scales on their colorful wings as their name subtly implies. I … more →

Tags: Poetry, fragility, Curiosity, Thinking

Black witch

corycampora wrote 3 months ago: Saw a nice black witch moth, Ascalapha odorata (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), on my way back from lunch t … more →

Bumelia Webworm Moth6 comments

troymullens wrote 4 months ago: Martha and I discovered this micromoth while photographing wildflowers at the Ft. Worth Nature Cente … more →

Tags: Ft. Worth Nature Center, Insects, moths, Wildflowers, milkweed, Nature, Nature Photography, Plants, Trees

In fact, some moths

haplesshousewife wrote 4 months ago: Between them the past two days have produced a crop of moths almost worth mentioning and one really … more →

Tags: Indoors, Insects, Lesser Rustic, moths, outdoors, Privet Hawkmoth

July 2009 digest

haplesshousewife wrote 4 months ago: What a strange month July was. A  mixture of the scarce and notable on the one hand, some nights whe … more →

Tags: Insects, July 2009, moths

Tigers in the bushes

Yersinia wrote 4 months ago: It’s been a while since I blogged, one way and another. Most recently (since June 22, I think) … more →

Tags: Blether, Catford, Euplagia quadripunctaria, Lewisham, London, moth, Nature, Railway, range


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