Something That I Delight In (now That I Regularly Use Inaturalist) Is Coming Across Flora And Fauna That

something that I delight in (now that I regularly use inaturalist) is coming across flora and fauna that have no common names.

there's a thrill in discovering an overlooked or understudied organism. the world is so big and there is so much that we know so little about, even things that are in our backyard. you don't need to go somewhere exotic or to the bottom of the ocean to find creatures that are unfamiliar to the general public.

please say hello to Coccobaphes frontifer, spotted on a picnic table in Peoria, IL on 5/18/2024 :)

Hello!! Equally moth obsessed freak here, you probably can't find Jordan's antennae because moths sometimes tuck them sort of under their wings and to the side of their head :)

Jordan the moth that got into my room about 5 days ago and I haven't bothered moving because she's chill and I like to talk to her

She's a Rhodometra Sacraria I believe? I think she's female?. I thought she was male for like 4 days because I swear she had pretty feathery big antennae when I first checked her, but I cant find them anymore and I don't wanna bother her.

I'm still calling her Jordan

I sincerely hope she does not understand a word of all the shit I've talked to her because dear God she must be so done with me

These might be of interest to you!! (they're all about moths, obviously)

Douglas Boyes: Blog

Flying with dinosaurs: the evolution of moths and butterflies

Serendipity plays a pretty important role in scientific advances. It was involved in the discovery of penicillin, microwaves and x-rays. And

Research News

Butterflies and plants evolved in sync, but moth ‘ears’ predated bats

Butterflies and moths rank among the most diverse groups in the animal kingdom, with nearly 160,000 known species, ranging from the iconic b

does anyone know any good books, documentaries, articles, etc. about prehistoric bugs ?? i’m on a big bug (haha..) kick rn and i’ve been obsessed with the early stages of their evolution someone help a little guy out..

I got this book at school, I’ve read it and it’s really good! It talks about moths and where they live, their life cycle, and other cool stuff! :)

These caterpillars may anticipate wasp attacks using electric fields

Finding could be the first known use of “electroreception” for predator detection in land animals

An ability to sense electric fields may help some caterpillars detect predatory wasps, a pair of ecologists reports today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The observation may be the first known instance of land-dwelling animals using an electric sense to protect themselves from predators. “It’s a new example of how a fairly recently discovered sense is used, and it’s probably the tip of the iceberg,” says Eric Warrant, a neuroethologist at Lund University. Gregory Sutton, a biomechanics scientist at the University of Lincoln, notes the authors of the new study found the novel behavior just by examining the common insects around them. “They didn’t have to fly to some cave in Abu Dhabi to find this weird new thing,” he says. “They went as far as down the street.”...

Read more: https://www.science.org/content/article/these-caterpillars-may-anticipate-wasp-attacks-using-electric-fields

Photograph: In a flower, a cinnabar moth caterpillar (Tyria jacobaeae) demonstrates its defensive behavior: coiling into a tight ball. (SAM J. ENGLAND)