Four brightly coloured festive moths. 1 Clelea yuennana Procridinae Zygaenidae (a day-flying species) 2 Eucyclodes gavissima Geometrinae Geometridae 3 Nacna malachitis Acronictinae Noctuidae 4 Sinna calospila Nolidae I found these around Chiang Mai in the rainy season, 3 attracted to lights. #moths #lepidoptera #insects #nature #naturePhotography
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Lycaena phlaeas Small Copper #butterfly #butterfliesofmastodon #butterflypics #insects #naturephotography #Perthshire #Scotland
#Texas AG’s office sought state data on #transgender Texans
“Employees at the TX Dept of Public Safety in June received a sweeping request from #Republican AG Ken Paxton’s office: to compile a list of individuals who had changed their gender on their TX driver’s license & other dept recs during the past 2 yrs.
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske
#TXAG #discrimination #equality #lgbtqia #persecution #KenPaxton #GregAbbott
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/12/14/texas-transgender-data-paxton/
Moths, with images. #MothingMonday #5
One of my favourites, the really aptly named Burnished Brass - Diachrysia chrysitis. Images not enhanced. It really does look as metallic as this.
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#Moths #Mothing #Moth#BackGardenWildlife #Insect #Insects #lepidoptera #ukmoths #sussexwildlife #sussex #brighton #BrightonMoths #MothingMonday
A beautiful male chickweed geometer moth (Haematopis grataria). #moth #moths #Lepidoptera #Illinois #nature #photography #wildlifephotography
#HVO's geology field team reports they are finding Pele's hairs (small filaments of quenched lava) draped across older lava flows near Saddle Road, just past Pu‘u Huluhulu cinder cone. Hairs deposited many km (mi) from active vents by the windblown eruption plume. #MaunaLoaErupts
3 planthoppers of the Pyrops genus (Fulgoridae) from Chiang Mai. Commonly known as "lanternflies," clearly a misnomer as they emit as much light as my big toe. And they're not flies, either. But they are handsome and always a delight to find, mostly on tree trunks. Candelaria, the commonest here, spinolae and viridirostris. #insects #bugs #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #entomology #MacroPhotography #Thailand
@Vergo @acegikmo Do you know what Dan Kalman calls the most marvelous theorem of mathematics?
Let the cubic polynomial P have as its three zeros the vertices of a triangle in the complex plane. Then the critical values of P are the foci of the unique ellipse inscribed in the triangle that is tangent at the midpoints of the sides of the triangle. http://www.dankalman.net/AUhome/pdffiles/mardenMH.pdf
The swollen stem of a Cordia nodosa plant houses a symbiotic colony of Azteca ants, including a massive queen. The ants protect the plant from herbivores in exchange for lodging. Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador.
Well, finally after all these years, someone's got an intuitive explanation of the moves required for Rubik's cube!
RT @jagarikin@twitter.com
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Plants should be more amenable to carefully timed outings:
Bear Corn (Conopholis americana)
Any Ladies' tresses (Spiranthes)
Yellow Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum)
American Groundnut (Apios americana) *
Any carnivorous plant
Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) *
Arthropods is a little weak. I seem to be very motivated by seeing something and then wanting to know how to see it reliably?
Io Moth (Automeris io)
Toothed Somberwing (Euclidia cuspidea)
Giant leopard moth (Hypercompe scribonia) *
Cecropia Moth (Hyalophora cecropia) *
Any wasp mimicking moth - Synanthedon sp. *
Primrose Moth (Schinia florida)
Catocala Sp. *
Doubleday's Baileya Moth (Baileya doubledayi) *
Magicicada Sp.
Nigronia Sp. (2-4 year fish flies) *
I did almost travel to see cicadas a couple of years ago, and I think felt parenting guilt. For Giant leopard moths, that sighting was a success after using the "I wish I could see one" technique - Cecropia I've only seen as a caterpillar.
For fungus my list is less well informed:
Any bird's nest fungus (Nidulariaceae)
Any stinkhorn *
Skirted Stinkhorn (Phallus duplicatus)
Stinky Squid (Pseudocolus fusiformis)
Chlorociboria sp. (Green Wood Cup and Turquoise Elfcup)
Any luminescent mushroom (Panellus stipticus?)
Diamond shaped pores: Panellus pusillus or Neofavolus sp. or Lentinus arcularius
Eyelash Cups: Scutellinia sp
Earth stars
Sprassis sp. *
The bird's nest should be easy, they keep showing up on inaturalist. My bias is clearly towards showy unusual shapes. I've seen the mycelium stains from the chlorociboria, but apparently seeing them fruit is legitimately rare?
I didn't see some of the things I had seen lots of on the previous years, this year - dry weather and spending much of October indoors. I do have a reliable spot for Sprassis, but it feels like it might be a matter of skill/interest to find more.
Transgender man; parent to teenagers.
Interested in nature, particularly #insects, #moths, #mushrooms, #reptiles and #amphibians.
Also, geometry and many mathematical patterns, particularly #polyhedral construction, plus a variety of crafts including #quilts and knitting that features cellular automata.
Day job is as a #devops generalist in an academic environment.