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ID Help! Nicaraguan Lepidoptera
I need help identifying the insects I photographed in Nicaragua. If you recognize any of the moths below, please leave a comment below with the photo reference number (i.e. “Moth01″) and the scientific name. I’d very much appreciate any help you can provide. Thank you.
Moths
Moth01 – ___________? ____________?
Moth02 – ___________? ____________?
Moth03 – [...]
Monarch or Viceroy Butterfly
While walking through The Huntington Gardens, I spotted a butterfly I haven’t seen in a while. It’s either a monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) or a viceroy butterfly (Limenitis archippus). I haven’t seen either in a few years and this is probably my first photograph of either one of them. I didn’t want [...]
My First Journal
Do you remember your first notebook? The first time you kept a journal or diary? Notebookism.com asked their readers to share the roots of their obsession of notebooks. This has inspired me to find my first notebook/journal and rediscover what I was interests I had when I was much younger.
I’d like [...]
“Roll The Dice” Saturday
Late Friday night, after a long work week, I realized the endless possibilities of what I could do on Saturday. I could go on a road trip. I could visit a museum. Or maybe go to the Huntington Gardens. I’ve been meaning to visit the Long Beach Aquarium – maybe this was the weekend? There’s also a few LA historical spots I’ve been meaning to visit. The endless options became a moment of indecisiveness. What to do!
Roll the dice.
Insect Collections
The U.S. National Entomological Collection:
The U.S. National Entomological Collection ranks as the second largest insect collection in the world with approximately 35 million specimens including over 100,000 holotypes plus hundreds of thousands of additional paratypes and other secondary types.
The collection includes over 300,000 species representing approximately 60% of known insect families. With specimens [...]