Ya gotta admit............. Mother nature is pretty friggin kool....
ps... GREAT close up pic too...
The cool thing is that if you step hard enough, you can see powder fly.
Just think: that brilliant paint job was programmed into the DNA long time ago.
Random accident?
Yep -- you have to admire the guy who came up with that mechanism.Millions of years of natural selection.
Yep -- you have to admire the guy who came up with that mechanism.
He didn't invent it, he just figured out parts of how it works. But thanks for playing.
You want falsifiable proof? Sorry, I don't make a habit of falsifying things.You know, scientific, falsifiable proof
You want falsifiable proof? Sorry, I don't make a habit of falsifying things.
Some people think the mechanism by which these things happen is by design; some think it's just some random statistical quirk. There's no actual conclusive proof of either theory (though fans of either will claim otherwise), so which stance you choose to adopt is up to you. But you know that as well as I.
Millions of years of natural selection.
Beautiful Cecropia!
(I keep confusing them with Polyphemus, but this is definitely a Cecropia.)
Do you have a picture with a little more detail, perhaps larger image? LOL
Cool moth!
May be true but, other moth populations have changed from white to dark wings in just a few years, in a survival response to changing background colors with which it was advantageous for them to blend in.
Such rapid changes may be due to epigenetic inheritance rather than actual changes to the inherited DNA nucleotide sequences. One example of epigenetic changes is methylation (a methyl group (CH3) attaching itself to the A or C nucleotides) of portions of the DNA sequence that don't get completely "reset" in reproductive cells when they should, thus possibly passing an environmentally triggered change in the parent's gene expressions to the child. At least that is the cliff notes version as I understand it. I believe it is a hot area of research.
Such rapid changes may be due to epigenetic inheritance rather than actual changes to the inherited DNA nucleotide sequences. One example of epigenetic changes is methylation (a methyl group (CH3) attaching itself to the A or C nucleotides) of portions of the DNA sequence that don't get completely "reset" in reproductive cells when they should, thus possibly passing an environmentally triggered change in the parent's gene expressions to the child. At least that is the cliff notes version as I understand it. I believe it is a hot area of research.
Aha! I see you have been studying the monotillation of traxolene...You have it all wrong. Ganglean Theory clearly states that the perameters for carcation mutations must be bernillified before said delorification can occur. That said, the prodigious postifications you expound upon could be concievable provided that the prolific postpartem postifications which you purport to be possible pass the proper and punctillious scrutiny in the scientific community. Bernillification simply cannot take place in the binary canamofluous environments, and therefore, sir, your statement here is false.
From the pictures I can find, I agree. The male has large, bushy antennae.That is the conclusion I came to, and based on the antennae, I believe it to be a male.
You have it all wrong. Ganglean Theory clearly states that the perameters for carcation mutations must be bernillified before said delorification can occur. That said, the prodigious postifications you expound upon could be concievable provided that the prolific postpartem postifications which you purport to be possible pass the proper and punctillious scrutiny in the scientific community. Bernillification simply cannot take place in the binary canamofluous environments, and therefore, sir, your statement here is false.
Hmm.
That evolution theory is looking pretty strong.... And creation theory has just about been wiped out.........
Flame suit on...
Beautiful Cecropia!
(I keep confusing them with Polyphemus, but this is definitely a Cecropia.)
Yep -- you have to admire the guy who came up with that mechanism.
Francis Crick ?
And I'd never even heard that name for them until this morning. I wonder why they're called that? Do robins have a special appetite for them?Oh, sure, but to us unwashed it's just a robin moth.
From the pictures I can find, I agree. The male has large, bushy antennae.