scholarly journals ON A NEW CHECKERED HESPERIA

1872 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 69-70
Author(s):  
Aug. R. Grote
Keyword(s):  
Common Species ◽  
Early Spring ◽  
White Hair ◽  
Ground Colour ◽  
Inferior Portion ◽  
Brownish Black

A common species of Hesperia in central Alabama, and that I do not find described by authors, is one that I call Syricthus communis. It is plentiful from early spring to autumn, and must be several brooded, but I have not found the larva.The male is a little smaller, ans the white checkered spots are altogether larger and more numerous, than in the female. The ground colour of the wings is a brownish black, and longer bluish white hair spreads from the base of the forewings over the inferior portion of the primaries, and from the base of the hind wings downwardly without touching the abdominal margin

scholarly journals Convergence in wing coloration between orange underwing moths (Archiearis spp.) and tortoiseshell butterflies (Aglais spp.)

2001 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 65-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jens Rydell ◽  
Joakim Fagerström ◽  
Staffan Andersson ◽  
Gabriela Stille ◽  
Magnus Gelang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Common Species ◽  
Early Spring ◽  
Colour Pattern ◽  
Flight Period ◽  
Defence System ◽  
Bright Orange ◽  
Predator Defence ◽  
Wing Coloration

We analysed the wing coloration of the orange underwing moth Archiearis parthenias (Geometridae, Archiearinae) in comparison with the small tortoiseshell butterfly Aglais urticae (Nymphalidae). Both species fly in early spring and occur sympatrically in the northern Palaearctic. Aglais, the more common species, has a longer flight period and uses a broader range of habitats. Both species show a camouflaged colour pattern on surfaces exposed at rest but a bright orange signal in flight. Although the evolution of its coloration is constrained by its geometrid morphology, Archiearis is functionally similar to Aglais both while resting and in flight. Archiearis has presumably evolved from nocturnal geometrid ancestors. Its shift to diurnality has included a change in the predator defence system from one based on ultrasonic hearing, functional against bats, to one presumably functional against birds. Preliminary palatability tests showed that Aglais is distasteful to birds (chicken), while Archiearis seems to be palatable. The function of the convergent coloration is unknown, but several possibilities are discussed.

Ecology of Small Mammals in Coastal Heathland at Anglesea, Victoria

1986 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 397 ◽  
Author(s):  
BA Wilson ◽  
AR Bourne ◽  
RE Jessop
Keyword(s):  
Small Mammals ◽  
Vegetation Type ◽  
Habitat Preferences ◽  
Common Species ◽  
Early Spring ◽  
Late Winter ◽  
Habitat Differences ◽  
Antechinus Stuartii ◽  
Marked Decline ◽  
The Difference

Aspects of ecology and reproduction of small mammals in a heathland community near Anglesea were investigated in the field by means of mark-recapture trapping. Population size, animal movements and reproductive state were estimated. The floristic and structural habitat preferences were also determined. The most common species were Antechinus stuartii, A. minimus maritimus, Sminthopsis leucopus, Rattus fuscipes assimilis and R. lutreolus. For Antechinus the populations were maximal throughout February-June (A. stuartii) and December-June (A. minimus) inclusive. A marked decline in numbers of Antechinus during late winter and early spring was associated with the total loss of males from the population. The maximal numbers of animals (per hectare) were 21 (A. stuartii), 14 (A. m. maritimus), 14 (R. f. assimilis) 7 (R. lutreolus), and 8 (S. leucopus). Young were born to A. m. maritimus during August, and 1 month later to A. stuartii. R. f. assimilis bred during late winter and spring, and S. leucopus from September to November. None of the species showed an overall preference for any floristic or structural vegetation type. This study confirms male 'die-off' in A. m. maritimus. The data also indicate that the difference in breeding times of A. m. maritimus between Anglesea and Dartmoor, Vic., is due to climatic or habitat differences rather than to sympatry with A. stuartii.

Cycles vitaux de quelques Plécoptères des Laurentides (insectes)

1969 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 483-494 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Harper ◽  
Etienne Magnin
Keyword(s):  
Larval Growth ◽  
Seasonal Succession ◽  
Single Species ◽  
Common Species ◽  
Early Spring ◽  
The Other ◽  
Paragnetina Media

Twenty-four species of stoneflies (Plecoptera) were collected in the streams of the Station de Biologie de l'Université de Montréal, at Saint-Hippolyte in Terrebonne county (46°00′ N, 74°00′ W). Sampling of larvae and adults at regular intervals showed the distribution of the species in the stream and the seasonal succession of the adults. The Capniidae and the Taeniopterygidae appear in early spring; the remaining species emerge in May and June. The emergence of a single species Leuctra tenuis extends into July and August. No true autumnal species was found. Larval growth of the more common species is described; these are Taeniopteryx burksi, Paracapnia opis, Isoperla frisoni, Isoperla lata, Hastaperla brevis, and Paragnetina media. Biological notes concerning the other species are included.

scholarly journals NEW APOIDEA FROM MONTANA

1903 ◽  
Vol 35 (8) ◽  
pp. 222-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Austin. W. Morrill
Keyword(s):  
Free Edge ◽  
White Hair ◽  
Black Vertex ◽  
Brownish Black ◽  
Yellowish White

Bombus Cooleyi, n. sp.— ♀. Length, 16–17 mm. Integument black; clothing black, yellowish white, pale ochreous yellow and rusty yellow. Head, seen from in front, about as wide as long. Malar space abont one-sixth the length of eye. Third segment of antenna one-half longer than fourth, and scarcely longer than fifth. Face thickly clothed with pale yellowish-white hair, on the sides mixed with black. Vertex clothed with yellowish-white hair, which is fringed in front with black. Cheeks clothed with brownish-black, sometimes slightly mixed with whitish, hair. Clypeus shining, sparsely punctured, labrum fringed on free edge with rusty yellorv hair. Clothing of thorax above and on sides yellowish white, mixed with black in front of insertion of wings. A broad patch of black berween the wings surrounds the smooth, polished mesothoracic disc and extends back in a point over the middle of metathorax. On each side of metathorax is a tuft of yellowish white bair.

TRAPPING MALE MOTHS OF GRAMMIA BLAKEI (GRT.) (LEPIDOPTERA: ARCTIIDAE) WITH FEMALE-BAITED TRAPS AT GROUND LEVEL

1989 ◽  
Vol 121 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.R. Byers
Keyword(s):  
Great Plains ◽  
Ground Level ◽  
Personal Communication ◽  
Wide Distribution ◽  
Early Spring ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Washington Dc ◽  
Baited Traps ◽  
Southern Alberta ◽  
Brownish Black

Woolly-bear caterpillars of Grammia blakei (Grt.) are sometimes abundant in early spring on overgrazed native range pastures in southern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan, occasionally reaching population densities exceeding 50 per square metre (Byers 1988). Grammia blakei has a wide distribution in the Great Plains and Intermountain regions of western North America. Although the brownish-black caterpillars are quite often abundant, the moths (Fig. l), which are not attracted to food baits or light traps, have been rarely collected and few field-caught specimens are present in collections (D.C. Ferguson, U.S. National Museum, Washington, DC; J.D. Lafontaine, Biosystematics Research Centre, Ottawa, personal communication).

scholarly journals Revision of the Species Composition of Slime Molds in the Ile Alatau (Kazakhstan)

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yelena Rakhimova
Keyword(s):  
Species Composition ◽  
Common Species ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Early Spring ◽  
Populus Tremula ◽  
Slime Molds ◽  
Picea Schrenkiana ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
Systematic List

After the revision, it was found that the biota of slime molds in the Ile Alatau (Kazakhstan) has 62 species. The article provides a systematic list of slime molds. In the Ile Alatau these fungi-like organisms are represented by two classes: Protosteliomycetes and Myxomycetes. The Myxomycetes class is more widely represented and has 4 orders. The largest number of species is characteristic of the genera Trichia (8 species), Physarum (6), Arcyria, Diderma (5 species each) and Badhamia (4 species). The most common species in the research area are Lycogala epidendrum, Fuligo septica, Hemitrichia clavata, Trichia varia, Stemonitis axifera, S. fusca, S. splendens and Stemonitopsis typhina. Representatives of slime molds were found on various 18 substrates. The largest number of slime molds species (54) was recorded on Picea schrenkiana. There are 13 species on Populus tremula and 4 species on Betula tianschanica. The remaining substrates are characterized by 1-2 species. It is necessary to note the species of the genus Diderma that appear in early spring after snowfall: Diderma niveum, found on Artemisia juncea and representatives of Poaceae, and D. radiatum on dry grasses, leaves and branches of shrubs.

Seasonal and Annual Variations in Quantity of Pelagic Net Plankton, Cultus Lake, British Columbia

1938 ◽  
Vol 4a (1) ◽  
pp. 33-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
William E. Ricker
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Common Species ◽  
Early Spring ◽  
Seasonal Distribution ◽  
Fish Food ◽  
Annual Variations ◽  
Annual Changes ◽  
Spring Maximum ◽  
Definite Correlation

Intermittently over a 13 year period the net plankton of Cultus lake has been sampled, at a central representative station. Net plankton was not particularly rich in common species. Of the entomostracans important as fish food, only four occurred. Seasonal distribution of the various species is of two principal kinds: unimodal, with one peak of abundance in late spring or summer—various green algae, Protozoa, Rotatoria, Cladocera and Epischura; and bimodal with peaks in early spring and in autumn—diatoms, mostly Rotatoria and Cyclops. Among bimodal species the spring maximum is ordinarily the greater. Marked differences in abundance of a plankter occur from year to year and affect both the maximal numbers attained and duration of time of proliferation. The available data do not show these annual changes to be cyclic and no definite correlation with environmental conditions has been made. The total nitrogen content of net plankton varied from 2 to 10 mg. per l. in 1932, the dry weight from 30 to 210 mg.

Early spring mycobiota of pine litter needles.

2011 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ondřej Koukol
Keyword(s):  
Early Spring

EVALUATION OF CLOVERS ON SANDY COASTAL SOIL

1977 ◽  
pp. 130-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.M. Williams ◽  
L.B. Anderson ◽  
B.M. Cooper
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Drought Stress ◽  
Sandy Soil ◽  
White Clover ◽  
Plant Material ◽  
Red Clover ◽  
Early Spring ◽  
Commercial Cultivars ◽  
Mediterranean Origin ◽  
Winter Annual

In evaluations of clover performances on summer-dry Himatangi sandy soil, it was found that none could match lucerne over summer. Emphasis was therefore placed on production in autumn-winter- early spring when lucerne growth was slow. Evaluations of some winter annual clover species suggested that Trifolium spumosum, T. pallidum, T. resupinatum, and T. vesiculosum would justify further investigation, along with T. subterraneum which is already used in pastures on this soil type. Among the perennial clover species, Kenya white clover (7'. semipilosum) showed outstanding recovery from drought and was the only species to produce significantly in autumn. However, it failed to grow in winter-early spring. Within red clover, materials of New Zealand x Moroccan origin substantially outproduced the commercial cultivars. Within white clover, material from Israel, Italy and Lebanon, as well as progeny of a selected New Zealand plant, showed more rapid recovery from drought stress and subsequently better winter growth than New Zealand commercial material ('Grasslands Huia'). The wider use of plant material of Mediterranean origin and of plants collected in New Zealand dryland pastures is advocated in development of clover cultivars for New Zealand dryland situations.

The Enduring Cult of The Bride with White Hair: Chivalry and the Monstrous Other in the Hong Kong Fantasy-Horror

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Martin
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
International Marketing ◽  
Conjoined Twins ◽  
White Hair ◽  
Horror Film ◽  
Love Affair

The Bride with White Hair (Ronny Yu, 1993) tells the tale of a heroic swordsman’s ill-fated love affair with a woman transformed by hatred into a white-haired killer, elevated the figure of the frosty-follicled executioner into one of the most enduring icons of the Hong Kong horror film. The timelessness and mysticism of the story lends itself to a highly hybridized type of horror, offering wuxia (swordplay), magical fantasy, romance and erotic scintillation alongside bloody fights, savage violence, and a monstrous depiction of malevolent conjoined twins. This chapter examines this film as emblematic of a particular cultural moment in the development of the Hong Kong fantasy-horror, appealing to a global fanbase for its supposedly transgressive and erotic content, and analyses the film in terms of its generic hybridity, its depictions of disability and morality, as well as in the context of the international marketing and reception of cult Hong Kong horror of the 1990s.

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