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19 ene. 2022
a las 08:25 TARDE SAST
Descripción
Just another 'typical daisy'. Fluffy white buds open to vivid pink flowers
Fecha añadida
11 abr. 2019
a las 07:32 MAÑANA SAST
Fecha añadida
02 jul. 2023
a las 12:54 MAÑANA MSK
Fecha añadida
04 jul. 2020
a las 09:06 TARDE SAST
Descripción
Found on bare ground between rocks.
Fecha añadida
12 may. 2023
a las 12:55 TARDE SAST
Fecha añadida
13 may. 2013
a las 10:20 MAÑANA SAST
Descripción
Red Disa
Thousands of plants, hundreds of blooms all along the river. Spectacular!
Not one pollinator seen ...
Fecha añadida
22 dic. 2022
a las 08:33 TARDE SAST
Fecha añadida
04 mar. 2023
a las 01:57 TARDE UTC
Fecha añadida
03 mar. 2023
a las 01:13 TARDE SAST
Fecha añadida
07 feb. 2023
a las 01:44 TARDE SAST
Descripción
Small pebble clusters attached to rocks in a stream. This cluster had 2 openings. When the larva peered out of the top opening and realised it could get no purchase, it retreated and quickly reappeared at the bottom hole.
The video is speeded up 2X.
Fecha añadida
25 may. 2019
a las 08:54 MAÑANA AWST
Fecha añadida
02 nov. 2022
a las 06:56 TARDE GMT
Fecha añadida
14 oct. 2022
a las 08:26 MAÑANA MDT
Fecha añadida
09 ago. 2016
a las 07:04 TARDE UTC
Fecha añadida
04 oct. 2022
a las 08:31 TARDE CEST
Fecha añadida
17 sep. 2022
a las 05:22 TARDE SAST
Fecha añadida
18 ago. 2022
a las 08:53 MAÑANA BST
Fecha añadida
10 ene. 2022
a las 02:51 TARDE SAST
Fecha añadida
10 ene. 2022
a las 05:42 TARDE UTC
Fecha añadida
14 dic. 2017
a las 02:40 MAÑANA CST
Descripción
You know you’ve found a large moth when…
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After a 40 year career as a wildlife biologist, you can’t believe what you’re seeing is real.
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Your ruler isn’t long enough to get a good measurement (2nd image), so you go back to get a longer ruler (3rd image) and that isn’t long enough, so you scramble around to find a carpenter’s measuring tape to fully span the wings (4th image).
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Your astonishment is like the joy of a child on Christmas morning; you start laughing and giggling uncontrollably.
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The largest moth on your sheet has a wingspan 40X the size of the smallest one.
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You stay up until 3:30 a.m. journaling about one moth.
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You start taking selfies...with a moth (last image).
To the best of my ability to measure this critter, the wingspan (with a bit of the tip of the right FW missing) is about 27.8 cm, so it would probably be about 28.5 cm (11.2 in) if it were intact. The species is said to have the largest wingspan of any Lepidopteran in the world.
The moth was initially discovered on the sheet by Mary Kay Sexton. I had overlooked it.
To read more of the story, see:
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/gcwarbler/13211-mothing-in-panama
[See also: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/218581553]
Fecha añadida
04 feb. 2020
a las 11:00 MAÑANA SAST
Descripción
a few plts in peaty sands, to 50cm
Fecha añadida
26 dic. 2020
a las 10:46 TARDE AEST
Fecha añadida
10 oct. 2018
a las 10:40 MAÑANA CDT
Fecha añadida
31 ene. 2021
a las 05:28 MAÑANA UTC
Fecha añadida
16 mar. 2021
a las 06:14 TARDE SAST
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16 mar. 2021
a las 06:14 TARDE SAST