<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509</id><updated>2011-11-28T01:50:26.138Z</updated><category term='Intro hello Eduardo Marabuto'/><category term='Natural'/><category term='frog'/><category term='rã'/><category term='Leter to S.'/><category term='Primavera'/><category term='Portugal'/><category term='Alentejo'/><category term='Geometridae'/><category term='Moths'/><category term='France'/><category term='weevil'/><category term='Algarve'/><category term='Arctia'/><category term='Anthocharis'/><category term='raro'/><category term='Garden-tiger'/><category term='Estrela'/><category term='Orange'/><category 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term='Cascais'/><category term='Hyla'/><category term='invasive'/><category term='Lycaena'/><category term='Anura'/><category term='tip'/><category term='Amellinae'/><category term='Triturus'/><category term='cores'/><category term='bleusei'/><category term='Comibaena'/><category term='collina'/><category term='yellow'/><category term='cisternasii'/><category term='Lepidoptera'/><category term='Adiça'/><category term='orquídeas'/><category term='leaves'/><title type='text'>As Multidões Fervilhantes</title><subtitle type='html'>Tentando aproximar-me da Natureza através da Fotografia...</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>46</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509.post-9217998960340640227</id><published>2011-11-28T01:42:00.005Z</published><updated>2011-11-28T01:50:26.145Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arctiidae'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arctia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Moths'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Garden-tiger'/><title type='text'>Arctia caja - frisky summer nights</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://naturdata.com/images/species/8000/Arctia-caja-8015-131492000267248.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 600px;" src="http://naturdata.com/images/species/8000/Arctia-caja-8015-131492000267248.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Arctia caja&lt;/span&gt; (Arctiidae) - the colourful and brightly coloured moth is on the wing during the heat of Summer nights throughout Europe and northern North America in a range of different subspecies and forms.&lt;br /&gt;Although very variable, the stunning pattern is somewhat unmistakable and the Garden-tiger, as it is called in the UK is a well known species by many, defying the too established thought that moths are drab and secretive creatures of the night.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Portugal this species is fairly limited to Supramediterranean and Temperate forests in the mountainous north with a high rainfall and good forest cover with little alien species and traditional agriculture practices.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-9217998960340640227?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/9217998960340640227/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=9217998960340640227&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' 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scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raro'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Borboletas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lisboa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nocturnas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Moths'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='migração'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><title type='text'>Cornifrons ulceratalis</title><content type='html'>No passado 17 de Novembro encontrei em Lisboa uma pequena borboleta da família Crambidae que à primeira vista não consegui identificar.&lt;br /&gt;A consulta da bibliografia e a internet permitiu chegar à conclusão de que se trata de uma &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Cornifrons ulceratalis&lt;/span&gt; Lederer, 1858, uma espécie que apenas tinha sido observada em Portugal em duas ocasiões, ambas no Algarve e ambas em 1994. Este é portanto não só o primeiro registo em quase 20 anos em Portugal como é o mais a norte já registado no nosso país: e tudo fortuitamente enquanto me encontrava no local de trabalho, já que a borboleta esvoaçava nervosamente contra a janela da sala.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://naturdata.com/images/species/8000/Cornifrons-ulceratalis-8626-132180957591516.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 400px;" src="http://naturdata.com/images/species/8000/Cornifrons-ulceratalis-8626-132180957591516.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;C. ulceratalis&lt;/span&gt; de 17-XI-2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Cornifrons ulceratalis&lt;/span&gt; pertence a um género com apenas três espécies, distribuindo-se as outras duas por zonas semi-desérticas da Califórnia e Arizona e a &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;C. ulceratalis&lt;/span&gt; um pouco por todo o Norte de África e próximo oriente entre Marrocos e a Siria e o Irão. É ainda conhecida como migradora ocasional no sul da Europa (Espanha, França, Itália, etc.) sendo arrastada por ventos fortes de Sul, acompanhando outras espécies migratórias.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Em 2009 foi alvo de um interessante artigo devido ao seu achado em Espanha e França nos dias a seguir a ventos predominantes vindos do norte de África que além de trazerem outras espécies migratórias abundantes nesta altura do ano, trouxeram poeira vinda do deserto e pôde-se determinar as possíveis zonas de origem dos exemplares avistados.&lt;br /&gt;O artigo encontra-se &lt;a href="http://www.eje.cz/pdfarticles/1446/eje_106_2_225_Dantart.pdf"&gt;aqui&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O exemplar agora localizado em Lisboa, após um período de intenso temporal en todo o país poderá ser o primeiro de muitos que terão sido trazidos pelos ventos predominantes de sul na semana anterior e que originaram a certo ponto até a existência de super-células e temporal forte.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://naturdata.com/images/species/8000/Cornifrons-ulceratalis-8626-13218095549765.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 400px;" src="http://naturdata.com/images/species/8000/Cornifrons-ulceratalis-8626-13218095549765.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vista lateral do mesmo exemplar de &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;C. ulceratalis&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Trata-se pois de mais um registo importante para a monitorização quer das alterações climáticas quer da composição da biodiversidade em Portugal, o conhecimento de mais registos através do armadilhamento nocturno ou mesmo de fotografia de borboletas encontradas poderá proporcionar-nos uma perspectiva mais acertada do que se passa.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-9028195950108146721?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/9028195950108146721/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=9028195950108146721&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/9028195950108146721'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/9028195950108146721'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/2011/11/no-passado-17-de-novembro-encontrei-em.html' title='Cornifrons ulceratalis'/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509.post-332622554252924667</id><published>2011-08-24T15:03:00.008+01:00</published><updated>2011-08-24T15:10:51.131+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='conservação'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='borboletas Noite Europeia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='evento'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='educação ambiental'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EMN'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><title type='text'>8as Noites Europeias das Borboletas Nocturnas</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://naturdata.com/images/stories/eventos/cartazemn11.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 625px; height: 850px;" src="http://naturdata.com/images/stories/eventos/cartazemn11.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;É já a partir de amanhã! Venham, participem!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-332622554252924667?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=176479492425762' title='8as Noites Europeias das Borboletas Nocturnas'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/332622554252924667/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=332622554252924667&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/332622554252924667'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/332622554252924667'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/2011/08/8as-noites-europeias-das-borboletas.html' title='8as Noites Europeias das Borboletas Nocturnas'/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509.post-8993757132172208027</id><published>2011-05-24T23:27:00.011+01:00</published><updated>2011-05-25T01:00:42.942+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Alentejo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Borboletas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nocturnas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Heterocera'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lepidoptera'/><title type='text'>Uma noite observando borboletas nocturnas no Alentejo</title><content type='html'>O Alentejo é aquela região de Portugal que despertou para o estudo da biodiversidade apenas muito recentemente. É que por um lado a riqueza, a aristocracia (as pessoas que têm tempo) e efectivamente a maior parte da população sempre viveu ou na franja litoral entre Lisboa e o Porto ou então no norte do país. A proximidade a esses locais mais húmidos e ou montanhosos e luxuriantes e a distância enorme para uma região deprimida economicamente e pouco acidentada em tudo dificultaram o estudo da rica fauna e flora que existe no Alentejo.&lt;br /&gt;Foi apenas com o despertar do Algarve  em meados do século XX como destino turístico que as vias começaram a ser melhoradas e tornou-se mais fácil aí chegar. Apesar de ser "apenas uma vasta zona plana" no caminho das praias algarvias, devagarinho se começou a olhar mais para os tesouros escondidos do Alentejo.&lt;br /&gt;Longe de ser apenas a vasta planície de erva doirada onde o pôr-do-sol de final de Verão não deve nada ao tipicamente africano, pautada pela ocasional azinheira ou o altivo "Monte", o Alentejo possui uma variedade de habitats e ecossistemas notável fruto da sua extensão e micro-climas, das diferentes práticas agrícolas e da imensamente variada geologia.&lt;br /&gt;No que diz respeito às borboletas, que como me canso de dizer, são um dos melhores grupos que podemos estudar para avaliar o estado de saúde dos ecossistemas apenas muito recentemente se tem prestado alguma atenção ao Alentejo: é uma região enorme, fracamente povoada, há poucos borboletólogos e é preciso algum engenho e arte para encontrar borboletas que pela secura que pauta esta região têm períodos de voo algo ajustados aos fugazes períodos mais favoráveis, entre o final do Inverno e Junho e no final do Outono: o Verão é geralmente tórrido e o Inverno húmido e frio.&lt;br /&gt;Nos últimos anos eu, o Dinis  Cortes e o Ivo Rodrigues temo-nos dedicado a tentar saber que espécies de borboletas nocturnas existem no Alentejo profundo e sempre que possível têm se feito sessões de armadilhamento para assim podermos estudar uma interessante fauna tipicamente mediterrânica e ainda desconhecida. Temos tido também a ajuda / companhia frequente de inúmeros colegas e amigos que tornam tudo mais especial.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No passado inicio de Abril lá fui eu, o habitual Dinis Cortes e o Fernando Romão tentar armadilhar numa zona a sul de Serpa, perto do Pulo do Lobo onde nunca antes se havia armadilhado por borboletas nocturnas. Trata-se de uma  zona de meia encosta perto da Ribeira de Limas. Estávamos rodeados de matagal mediterrânico de estevas e azinheiras sobre substrato de xistos, habitat que não sendo demasiado rico é típico de uma vasta área no sul de Portugal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-szDsphJbc74/TdxBPZH1GEI/AAAAAAAAAko/56lw3-87JO0/s1600/IMG_9136-hahaha_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610430968494364738" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-szDsphJbc74/TdxBPZH1GEI/AAAAAAAAAko/56lw3-87JO0/s400/IMG_9136-hahaha_web.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dinis Cortes e Fernando Romão... em acção.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Foi visto um total de 56 espécies diferentes, a maioria componentes de uma característica fauna primaveril mediterrânica que em Portugal podemos encontrar no Algarve, no Alentejo e algumas espécies no vale encaixado do Douro.&lt;br /&gt;Ora aqui alguns exemplos, que mostram a diversidade de formas, cores e padrões nas borboletas nocturnas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mdCVi1WJPm8/TdxAmcaJIuI/AAAAAAAAAkg/gEpk7Q6wFEw/s1600/IMG_9676-Gnopharmia-stevenaria_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610430265001845474" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mdCVi1WJPm8/TdxAmcaJIuI/AAAAAAAAAkg/gEpk7Q6wFEw/s400/IMG_9676-Gnopharmia-stevenaria_web.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Gnopharmia stevenaria&lt;/em&gt; (Geometridae)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m6xYOMrM4tc/TdxAmMli01I/AAAAAAAAAkY/VGqFkx0SERg/s1600/IMG_9179-Dyscia_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610430260754699090" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m6xYOMrM4tc/TdxAmMli01I/AAAAAAAAAkY/VGqFkx0SERg/s400/IMG_9179-Dyscia_web.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dyscia penulataria&lt;/em&gt; e &lt;em&gt;Dyscia distinctaria&lt;/em&gt; (Geometridae), duas espécies semelhantes morfologicamente, distintas ecologicamente.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vbLgN2JZ95o/TdxAlvmMphI/AAAAAAAAAkQ/UOiO8pzUmxs/s1600/IMG_9115-Omphalophana-serrata_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610430252972811794" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vbLgN2JZ95o/TdxAlvmMphI/AAAAAAAAAkQ/UOiO8pzUmxs/s400/IMG_9115-Omphalophana-serrata_web.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Omphalophana serrata &lt;/em&gt;(Noctuidae) - incomum espécie mediterrânica.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KobKF9MhIa8/TdxAlcCPBhI/AAAAAAAAAkI/41YVA9qEOLM/s1600/IMG_9048-Synthimia-fixa_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 267px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610430247721698834" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KobKF9MhIa8/TdxAlcCPBhI/AAAAAAAAAkI/41YVA9qEOLM/s400/IMG_9048-Synthimia-fixa_web.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Synthimia fixa &lt;/em&gt;(Noctuidae) - na Primavera, esta espécie é típica nestes habitats, voando de dia e de noite.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kLH11RGofPM/TdxAlPMe6mI/AAAAAAAAAkA/xHxJsIEwxA4/s1600/IMG_8993-Zethes-insularis_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610430244275022434" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kLH11RGofPM/TdxAlPMe6mI/AAAAAAAAAkA/xHxJsIEwxA4/s400/IMG_8993-Zethes-insularis_web.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Zethes insularis &lt;/em&gt;- Espécie subtropical, rara em Portugal e agora nova para o Alentejo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VeYRLXmPaB4/TdxBPjB6mPI/AAAAAAAAAkw/qPE_yaAublg/s1600/IMG_9092-Lymantria-atlantica_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610430971153914098" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VeYRLXmPaB4/TdxBPjB6mPI/AAAAAAAAAkw/qPE_yaAublg/s400/IMG_9092-Lymantria-atlantica_web.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Lymantria atlantica&lt;/em&gt; (Lymantridae)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-8993757132172208027?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/8993757132172208027/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=8993757132172208027&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/8993757132172208027'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/8993757132172208027'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/2011/05/uma-noite-observando-borboletas.html' title='Uma noite observando borboletas nocturnas no Alentejo'/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-szDsphJbc74/TdxBPZH1GEI/AAAAAAAAAko/56lw3-87JO0/s72-c/IMG_9136-hahaha_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509.post-1763929861630887808</id><published>2011-04-17T21:08:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2011-04-17T21:57:20.431+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Alegria'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Primavera'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Flores'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cores'/><title type='text'>Flores do campo</title><content type='html'>A Primavera é por excelência a estação das flores. Após um inverno mais ou menos frio, em que a biodiversidade se encontra como que em vida suspensa, a chegada da Primavera e as suas temperaturas amenas fazem desabrochar as flores enquanto os insectos atarefados só se ocupam da sua própria reprodução e acumular combustível para o fazer!&lt;br /&gt;É então uma oportunidade para fotografar algumas das criações mais singulares da Natureza: a forma como as Angiospérmicas evoluiram aproveitando os insectos (e outros animais em menor medida) para se disseminarem pelo globo e assim se diversificarem é notável, a diversidade é notável e não deixarão o naturalista mais atento indiferente!&lt;br /&gt;Cá vai uma pequena amostra... espero que gostem :D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pEZ1ZYLo5Pg/TatLO_b1_NI/AAAAAAAAAiQ/9aodS31JYEE/s1600/IMG_2885_-Fritillaria-lusitanica.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pEZ1ZYLo5Pg/TatLO_b1_NI/AAAAAAAAAiQ/9aodS31JYEE/s400/IMG_2885_-Fritillaria-lusitanica.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596649682856443090" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fritillaria lusitanica &lt;/em&gt;(Liliaceae) - espécie endémica da Península Ibérica, cresce em zonas de matagal e prados mediterrânicos. PN Sintra-Cascais.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e8l9hPjnmSI/TatLOgdSabI/AAAAAAAAAiI/MbXZvI1GhY4/s1600/IMG_2795-Platycapnos-spicata_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e8l9hPjnmSI/TatLOgdSabI/AAAAAAAAAiI/MbXZvI1GhY4/s400/IMG_2795-Platycapnos-spicata_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596649674541001138" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Platycapnos spicata &lt;/em&gt;(Papaveraceae) - Nativa de campos agrícolas e pousios sobre solos algo básicos na Península Ibérica, Norte de África e Macaronésia preenche-os de cor na Primavera. Parece uma "Fumaria de flores condensadas". Estremoz.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JX9ME-G-Yho/TatLONTkk9I/AAAAAAAAAiA/Bx9BIPjncdY/s1600/IMG_2108-Matthiola-fruticulosa_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JX9ME-G-Yho/TatLONTkk9I/AAAAAAAAAiA/Bx9BIPjncdY/s400/IMG_2108-Matthiola-fruticulosa_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596649669399974866" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Matthiola fruticulosa &lt;/em&gt;(Cruciferae) - Goivo selvagem encontrado em zonas pedregosas entre Portugal e França. P N da Arrábida.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qowpt5CYbX4/TatLNygH56I/AAAAAAAAAh4/NNeqjoAEvuI/s1600/Narcissus-bulbocodium_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qowpt5CYbX4/TatLNygH56I/AAAAAAAAAh4/NNeqjoAEvuI/s400/Narcissus-bulbocodium_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596649662204864418" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Narcissus bulbocodium &lt;/em&gt;(Amaryllidaceae)- Também endémico da área entre Portugal e França é um abundante narciso que floresce a partir do final do Inverno. Peniche.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YAFV71H2v70/TatLNzy-YtI/AAAAAAAAAhw/lPQkT3ek4ZA/s1600/IMG_9558-Ophrys-algarvensis_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YAFV71H2v70/TatLNzy-YtI/AAAAAAAAAhw/lPQkT3ek4ZA/s400/IMG_9558-Ophrys-algarvensis_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596649662552367826" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ophrys algarvensis &lt;/em&gt;(Orchidaceae) - Rara orquídea endémica do Algarve a isoladas localidades na Andaluzia espanhola, sendo calcícola e estando presente em populações discretas na faixa algarvia do barrocal. Algarve.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sZOODOWYA8I/TatNHXwoznI/AAAAAAAAAio/0_rlr3N4k7M/s1600/IMG_8628-Dipcadi-serotinum_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sZOODOWYA8I/TatNHXwoznI/AAAAAAAAAio/0_rlr3N4k7M/s400/IMG_8628-Dipcadi-serotinum_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596651750970412658" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dipcadi serotinum &lt;/em&gt;(Liliaceae) - Curiosa liliácea que floresce a  partir da Primavera em zonas pedregosas mediterrânicas. As flores parecem de plástico! Beja.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BLmBr9gZLHs/TatNHa9KMhI/AAAAAAAAAig/i4fKFaA3214/s1600/IMG_8734-Tuberaria-guttata_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BLmBr9gZLHs/TatNHa9KMhI/AAAAAAAAAig/i4fKFaA3214/s400/IMG_8734-Tuberaria-guttata_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596651751828238866" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Tuberaria guttata &lt;/em&gt;(Cistaceae) - Ao contrário das estevas, arbustos bem vistosos e perenes esta espécie é anual e o seu periodo vegetativo é bem mais efémero mas coroam os prados mediterrânicos xerotermófilos de um colorido intenso! Moura.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-u4Qn34trmr8/TatNHEuKPqI/AAAAAAAAAiY/fAHEW8GM_uo/s1600/IMG_8488-Lathyrus-cicera_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-u4Qn34trmr8/TatNHEuKPqI/AAAAAAAAAiY/fAHEW8GM_uo/s400/IMG_8488-Lathyrus-cicera_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596651745859747490" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Lathyrus cicera &lt;/em&gt;(Fabaceae) - Uma ervilheira selvagem típica de prados mais ou menos mésicos em ambiente mediterrânico mas distribuida por toda a Europa e Médio Oriente. A cor salmão das flores é típica. Vila Franca Xira.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-1763929861630887808?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/1763929861630887808/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=1763929861630887808&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/1763929861630887808'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/1763929861630887808'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/2011/04/flores-do-campo.html' title='Flores do campo'/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pEZ1ZYLo5Pg/TatLO_b1_NI/AAAAAAAAAiQ/9aodS31JYEE/s72-c/IMG_2885_-Fritillaria-lusitanica.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509.post-2165389664487295695</id><published>2011-04-13T15:14:00.007+01:00</published><updated>2011-04-14T11:24:31.942+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rare'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mantis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Amellinae'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Apteromantis aptera'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><title type='text'>Flightless (extremelly rare) iberian meadow mantis</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;Apteromantis aptera &lt;/em&gt;is one of the rarest mantis species in Europe. In fact, it is strictly endemic to a few areas in the south of the Iberian Peninsula where it is a meadow species, hopping pretty much like a grasshopper and thus overlooked by most naturalists.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We could find a new population of this Near Threatened and covered by Annex II of the Bern Convention species last weekend in a biodiversity rich area in Baixo Alentejo, Southern Portugal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As far as I know, there are only about half a dozen records from Portugal and this adds a little more data to the known distribution of this very rare species.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vgsD8aZqVjk/TabLFmirjRI/AAAAAAAAAd8/rOCEpAAWZnA/s1600/IMG_9502-Apteromantis-aptera_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vgsD8aZqVjk/TabLFmirjRI/AAAAAAAAAd8/rOCEpAAWZnA/s400/IMG_9502-Apteromantis-aptera_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595382884160212242" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KhXiaOnVD_0/TaW6yKnpQhI/AAAAAAAAAd0/hZtcOSNkFfY/s1600/IMG_9486-Apteromantis-aptera_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KhXiaOnVD_0/TaW6yKnpQhI/AAAAAAAAAd0/hZtcOSNkFfY/s400/IMG_9486-Apteromantis-aptera_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595083483084571154" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Apteromantis aptera&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More info about it and first reference for the species in Portugal &lt;a href="http://www.sea-entomologia.org/aracnet/12/06articulo5.pdf"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-2165389664487295695?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/2165389664487295695/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=2165389664487295695&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/2165389664487295695'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/2165389664487295695'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/2011/04/flightless-extremelly-rare-meadow.html' title='Flightless (extremelly rare) iberian meadow mantis'/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vgsD8aZqVjk/TabLFmirjRI/AAAAAAAAAd8/rOCEpAAWZnA/s72-c/IMG_9502-Apteromantis-aptera_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509.post-1879409385901578513</id><published>2011-04-06T11:07:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2011-04-06T11:23:47.748+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Natrix maura</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LoBkgiFA8ik/TZw9Z0D1qpI/AAAAAAAAAdY/XkNfS8bvFyc/s1600/Natrix-maura2_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LoBkgiFA8ik/TZw9Z0D1qpI/AAAAAAAAAdY/XkNfS8bvFyc/s400/Natrix-maura2_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592412350968081042" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Head close-up of a Viperine-snake&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gXQjfdCbWOU/TZw9ZV2ynVI/AAAAAAAAAdI/RTnP5cz5hbM/s1600/IMG_8309-Natrix-maura_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gXQjfdCbWOU/TZw9ZV2ynVI/AAAAAAAAAdI/RTnP5cz5hbM/s400/IMG_8309-Natrix-maura_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592412342860291410" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Natrix maura at Monfurado, Alentejo, Portugal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Native to western mediterranean countries (Portugal, Spain, France, Switzerland, Italy, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya) and introduced to England, the Viperine-snake is an inhabitant of temporary water bodies like streams and ponds with a good vegetation cover in thermophilous situations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mfq5FNPUbpI/TZw9epi4wfI/AAAAAAAAAdg/uqsvtrF-ibA/s1600/IMG_6707-esporao_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mfq5FNPUbpI/TZw9epi4wfI/AAAAAAAAAdg/uqsvtrF-ibA/s400/IMG_6707-esporao_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592412434044862962" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Typical habitat: mediterranean temporary stream with lush vegetation: Herdade do Esporão, Alentejo, Portugal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This species is usually found during the day basking on the edge of their watery habitats or seen hunting in the water where they capture mostly fish, tadpoles and insects.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JM-HEaOwE_c/TZw9ZTpsCMI/AAAAAAAAAdQ/jpZdt60QSnw/s1600/Natrix-maura_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JM-HEaOwE_c/TZw9ZTpsCMI/AAAAAAAAAdQ/jpZdt60QSnw/s400/Natrix-maura_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592412342268463298" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Viperine-snake hunting at Grândola, Alentejo, Portugal.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-1879409385901578513?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/1879409385901578513/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=1879409385901578513&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/1879409385901578513'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/1879409385901578513'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/2011/04/natrix-maura.html' title='Natrix maura'/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LoBkgiFA8ik/TZw9Z0D1qpI/AAAAAAAAAdY/XkNfS8bvFyc/s72-c/Natrix-maura2_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509.post-716240764885196054</id><published>2011-04-02T13:23:00.011+01:00</published><updated>2011-04-02T19:55:46.042+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='subfusca'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fusca'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='orquídeas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='especiação'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Orchidaceae'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='conceito'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Palmela'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ophrys'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='speciation'/><title type='text'>O que é uma espécie?</title><content type='html'>Esta pergunta tem andado nas bocas de quem se interessa pela Natureza e pela Evolução um pouco desde sempre, mesmo quando não se pensava formalmente em evolução e mesmo quando apenas encarávamos a Natureza como algo lá forma que podiamos utilizar apenas para nosso bel-prazer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acontece que o conceito de espécie não é único e varia consoante o grupo que estudamos, varia consoante o isolamento das populações, o seu papel ecológico e mesmo o ambiente político das populações humanas! É verdade, é em grande maioria subjectivo já que é uma concepção essencialmente humana... Sim, existem entidades biológicas na Natureza, que trocam material genético e procuram a sobrevivência das suas moléculas indefinidamente e geralmente não o fazem com outras muito diferentes  mas não só os acasos acontecem como por vezes são vantajosos (se bem que a ciência nos diz que raramente, mais em plantas que em animais, mais nuns que noutros)!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Os cientistas gostam de rotular tudo, aliás, todos nós o gostamos um pouco, já que a nossa mente funciona melhor a compartimentalizar, individualizar e identificar para depois relacionar conceitos. Mas a verdade é que os seres vivos não parecem funcionar tanto assim e talvez definissemos a biodiversidade mais como um contínuo em que existem decerto solavancos (onde o contínuo é menos aparente) nas relações entre cada entidade (o indivíduo, a população, o conjunto de populações que definem a espécie?). Esses solavancos são importantes e geralmente chamamos espécies mas como disse, o conceito varia com o que estudamos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Este paleio todo vem relacionado com um grupo que me tem despertado interesse recentemente: as orquídeas.&lt;br /&gt;A família Orchidaceae é uma das famílias de plantas com maior diversidade mundial, mais de 20 000 espécies fundamentalmente tropicais mas um pouco por todo o mundo e com uma história evolutiva das mais interessantes: a estreita relação com os  seus polinizadores. A sua dinãmica ecológica implica que estão sujeitas a pressões selectivas muito intensas e essa evolução vê-se mais facilmente onde essa pressão é mais intensa: nas flores.&lt;br /&gt;Algumas das flores das orquídeas mais interessantes são as do género Ophrys, as orquídeas-abelha que como o nome indica, não só se assemelham a insectos como o seu objectivo é atrair alguma espécie em particular ou um grupo em geral, dependendo da espécie. Estas orquídeas não produzem néctar e por isso têm de ser mesmo muito convincentes já que os insectos não caem muitas vezes na mesma esparrela. É  esta pressão intensa de sobrevivência que faz com que as  orquídeas se apresentem tão variáveis nos seus padrões e sejam um pesadelo para os biólogos e naturalistas que querem rotular tudo ao máximo, e daí o conceito de espécie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O motivo para esta prosa toda está relacionado com a imagem seguinte, que sugiro que seja apreciada pelo menos durante um minuto inteiro, com atenção aos detalhes:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-r6tnnNlMoAg/TZcao8WrGlI/AAAAAAAAAdA/amE5rUpyk9E/s1600/Ophrys-cf-fusca_Palmela_Mar2011_2_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-r6tnnNlMoAg/TZcao8WrGlI/AAAAAAAAAdA/amE5rUpyk9E/s400/Ophrys-cf-fusca_Palmela_Mar2011_2_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590966753102076498" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ophrys spp. grupo fusca-subfusca.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Trata-se de uma compilação de 10 fotos representando 5 indivíduos diferentes de orquídeas do grupo &lt;em&gt;Ophrys fusca &lt;/em&gt;fotografadas na região de Palmela em 30 Março 2011, todas na mesma área de cerca de 20m2!&lt;br /&gt;Factos e coisas:&lt;br /&gt;1) Para alguns autores estamos perante uma única espécie muito variável, &lt;em&gt;Ophrys fusca&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;2) Para outros, na foto estariam representadas 3 espécies diferentes: &lt;em&gt;O. lucentina &lt;/em&gt;(1 e 2); &lt;em&gt;O. lupercalis &lt;/em&gt;(3 e 4) e &lt;em&gt;O. fusca&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;3) Para outros, &lt;em&gt;O. lupercalis &lt;/em&gt;é apenas uma subespécie de &lt;em&gt;O. fusca&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;4) Julgo não haver estudos quanto aos polinizadores mas parece-me dificil que a existência destas formas todas numa população esteja relacionada com contactos secundários em vez de um polimorfismo natural de uma espécie. Simplesmente algumas populações serão mais monomórficas que outras (por deriva genética, por efeito-gargalo...) e estarão mais perto da fixação de alguns alelos.&lt;br /&gt;5) &lt;a href="http://www.galanthus.cat/eFlora/The%20section%20Pseudophrys%20(Ophrys,%20Orchidaceae)%20in%20the%20Iberian%20Peninsula.pdf"&gt;Estudos genéticos de 2005 &lt;/a&gt; indicam que não existe diferenciação genética entre qualquer uma destas formas mas consistentes diferenças morfológicas entre lucentina e as outras, que nalgumas análises aparecem individualizadas segundo a concepção das 3 espécies (e outras mais).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Organizei as fotos de modo a aparentar a existência de um gradiente... não vos é aparente também? Em que ficamos? Eu queria mesmo rotular tudo mas a ideia de pensar neste grupo em plena evolução e em todo o dinamismo que revela parece-me muito mais interessante nisto de fruir a Natureza!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-716240764885196054?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/716240764885196054/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=716240764885196054&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/716240764885196054'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/716240764885196054'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/2011/04/o-que-e-uma-especie.html' title='O que é uma espécie?'/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-r6tnnNlMoAg/TZcao8WrGlI/AAAAAAAAAdA/amE5rUpyk9E/s72-c/Ophrys-cf-fusca_Palmela_Mar2011_2_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509.post-3253193843348870340</id><published>2011-03-08T15:16:00.010Z</published><updated>2011-03-08T19:51:13.301Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rare'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dappled-white'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portuguese'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='butterfly'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Euchloe tagis'/><title type='text'>Euchloe tagis: muito mais que apenas uma borboleta branca.</title><content type='html'>No início de Março, quando os primeiros raios de sol primaveris fazem despontar as primeiras flores de rosmaninho, as orquídeas mais singulares e aquecem as encostas das serras calcárias de Portugal surge uma pequena borboleta branca a voar nervosamente nas cumeadas e nas zonas de matagal mediterrânico mais bem conservado, a Branca-Portuguesa, a &lt;em&gt;Euchloe tagis&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fURezW2ABmc/TXZRlDclOHI/AAAAAAAAAag/nGKA1VZCKKw/s1600/IMG_5980-Euchloe-tagis_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fURezW2ABmc/TXZRlDclOHI/AAAAAAAAAag/nGKA1VZCKKw/s400/IMG_5980-Euchloe-tagis_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581738485194504306" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Esta borboleta diurna é aparentada com outras espécies conhecidas em Portugal como as borboletas da couve (género Pieris), a Maravilha (&lt;em&gt;Colias croceus&lt;/em&gt;) ou a&lt;br /&gt;Cleópatra (&lt;em&gt;Gonepteryx cleopatra&lt;/em&gt;) que vemos habitualmente a voar nos nossos campos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-E0hokG8fK7Q/TXZRlKYKWOI/AAAAAAAAAao/1Kmgtpz575k/s1600/IMG_5974-Euchloe-tagis_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-E0hokG8fK7Q/TXZRlKYKWOI/AAAAAAAAAao/1Kmgtpz575k/s400/IMG_5974-Euchloe-tagis_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581738487055014114" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O que torna esta borboleta tão especial entre as cerca de 2500 espécies que existem no nosso país é o facto interessante de ter sido descrita pela primeira vez para a ciência segundo exemplares encontrados em Portugal, mais especificamente na península de Setúbal no final do século XVII!&lt;br /&gt;Depois, foi descoberta em colónias sempre isoladas entre Portugal e o noroeste de Itália, sendo ainda conhecidas duas populações em Marrocos e outra na Argélia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JLU3v7HBLUM/TXZYqHwzKVI/AAAAAAAAAbY/9Srf_jxVfG8/s1600/distribuicao-Euchloe-tagis_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 242px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JLU3v7HBLUM/TXZYqHwzKVI/AAAAAAAAAbY/9Srf_jxVfG8/s400/distribuicao-Euchloe-tagis_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581746268833786194" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Distribuição mundial de &lt;em&gt;E. tagis&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Curiosamente, durante perto de 200 anos até 2007, a Branca-Portuguesa apenas foi observada com alguma regularidade na Serra da Arrábida, a sua biologia em Portugal era praticamente desconhecida e é considerada “Em Perigo de Extinção” no mais recente livro As borboletas de Portugal, de Ernestino Maravalhas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Em 2007 foi descoberta noutras três Serras portuguesas onde predominam substratos bem consolidados de origem sedimentar e que ainda apresentam algum matagal mediterrânico bem desenvolvido. Estas são a Serra da Adiça, no interior do Baixo Alentejo; as elevações calcárias do Anticlinal de Estremoz, entre Sousel e Vila Viçosa e no Parque Natural das Serras de Aire e Candeeiros.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fmpio75TS4o/TXZZltYjaXI/AAAAAAAAAbo/w5Yb-fDRQKo/s1600/IMG_7315-adica_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fmpio75TS4o/TXZZltYjaXI/AAAAAAAAAbo/w5Yb-fDRQKo/s400/IMG_7315-adica_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581747292544919922" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Serra da Adiça, habitat de E. tagis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RSrA3zBxTMk/TXZZlu751BI/AAAAAAAAAbg/32KXOiNLZ_Y/s1600/habitat-tagis-Sousel_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RSrA3zBxTMk/TXZZlu751BI/AAAAAAAAAbg/32KXOiNLZ_Y/s400/habitat-tagis-Sousel_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581747292961625106" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colinas cobertas de matagal mediterrânico bem desenvolvido: Estremoz.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Euchloe tagis é uma especialista ecológica que depende não só dos solos calcários como as suas lagartas apenas utilizam algumas plantas para o seu desenvolvimento: as&lt;br /&gt;Assembleias (da família das Cruciferas, couves e afins) pertencentes ao género Iberis, que em Portugal possui três espécies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Yoxhon-qFj4/TXZVbP6xGPI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/pOVJpQFYpz0/s1600/Iberis-procumbens-microcarpa_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Yoxhon-qFj4/TXZVbP6xGPI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/pOVJpQFYpz0/s400/Iberis-procumbens-microcarpa_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581742714790156530" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Iberis procumbens microcarpa&lt;/em&gt;: endemismo português, planta alimentícia de &lt;em&gt;E. tagis tagis&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Os habitats onde ocorre esta borboleta são muito ricos em biodiversidade, o que é facilmente comprovado com um passeio em qualquer destas serras: à notável diversidade&lt;br /&gt;florística, onde se destacam as espécies aromáticas como alecrim, rosmaninho, tomilhos e madressilvas e as espécies mais singulares (e endémicas) de orquídeas há que associar uma enorme riqueza em animais que vão desde os milhares de espécies de insectos aos mais conhecidos Lince Ibérico(que possivelmente partilha o seu habitat com a E. tagis na Serra da Adiça) e muitas espécies de aves de rapina.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Contudo, à semelhança de muitas outras espécies, os principais factores de ameaça às suas populações centram-se nas alterações ao uso do solo e consequente perda e&lt;br /&gt;degradação de habitats. A urbanização crescente é um problema sério apontado como o principal motivador da extinção de algumas populações perto de Almada no séc XX&lt;br /&gt;mas o advento recente da olivicultura intensiva no Alentejo com recurso a cultivares de intensa produção mas exigentes em herbicidas e pesticidas coloca em risco importantes manchas de habitat e a prevalência desta espécie na Serra da Adiça e na zona de Vila Viçosa e Estremoz. Finalmente, um factor de coacção importante é o desempenhado pelas explorações de inertes como os calcários e os mármores, de importância relevante no Parque Natural das Serras de Aire e Candeeiros e principalmente no Anticlinal de Estremoz.&lt;br /&gt;Aqui, as pedreiras a céu-aberto são tão abundantes que os habitats propícios à espécie são agora exíguos e fragmentários.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZKQXAs9iPAU/TXZRlgWa2MI/AAAAAAAAAa4/vXHCQdcWBoo/s1600/Euchloe-tagis_fed_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZKQXAs9iPAU/TXZRlgWa2MI/AAAAAAAAAa4/vXHCQdcWBoo/s400/Euchloe-tagis_fed_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581738492953286850" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O valor desta borboleta para os ecossistemas reside no facto de ser um bom bio-indicador de qualidade e sustentabilidade porque é sensível às alterações operadas sobre os seus habitats e responde muito rapidamente a elas. Ao conservarmos esta espécie estamos a conservar um legado e um ecossistema que alberga muitas outras espécies de valor incalculável.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-3253193843348870340?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/3253193843348870340/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=3253193843348870340&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/3253193843348870340'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/3253193843348870340'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/2011/03/euchloe-tagis-muito-mais-que-apenas-uma.html' title='Euchloe tagis: muito mais que apenas uma borboleta branca.'/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fURezW2ABmc/TXZRlDclOHI/AAAAAAAAAag/nGKA1VZCKKw/s72-c/IMG_5980-Euchloe-tagis_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509.post-6708178794092108035</id><published>2011-03-03T22:08:00.005Z</published><updated>2011-03-03T22:37:49.380Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rare'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='collina'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calcários'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adiça'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Orchis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Orchidaceae'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='limestone'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Serra da Adiça'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><title type='text'>Orchis collina</title><content type='html'>Se no final do inverno ou no princípio da primavera nos aventurarmos pelos caminhos ou nos sentarmos nas clareiras pedregosas da Serra da Adiça, no Baixo Alentejo profundo é possível que nos deparemos com uma das mais raras orquídeas em Portugal: a &lt;em&gt;Orchis collina&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MOrrXDSG0Qw/TXAUNFxaGNI/AAAAAAAAAaA/5Xq8AXEi7Xg/s1600/IMG_2779_-Orchis-collina.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MOrrXDSG0Qw/TXAUNFxaGNI/AAAAAAAAAaA/5Xq8AXEi7Xg/s400/IMG_2779_-Orchis-collina.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579982153432307922" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Orchis collina &lt;/em&gt;- hábito.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O seu pequeno porte e coloração lilás rosada fazem com que passe facilmente despercebida entre o denso matagal mediterrânico com elevado valor de conservação que cobre esta serra que se avista desde Beja ou Moura no horizonte. Obviamente que quando pensamos em orquídeas, rapidamente nos vêm à mente as enormes flores tropicais que vemos nas lojas ou nos jardins botânicos mas as orquídeas portuguesas não são menos espectaculares e a &lt;em&gt;Orchis collina &lt;/em&gt;é mais um exemplo disso mesmo: a complexa estrutura das suas flores exige uma polinização realizada por determinados insectos mas a sua estratégia baseia-se no puro engano: possui cores atraentes, uma ampla plataforma de aterragem mas… não produz néctar! O pólen adere à cabeça da frustrada abelha, escaravelho ou borboleta que ao visitar outra orquídea a irá polinizar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YfaeUI2in00/TXAUM11XA8I/AAAAAAAAAZ4/v45dbe6BPwI/s1600/IMG_2766-Orchis-collina_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YfaeUI2in00/TXAUM11XA8I/AAAAAAAAAZ4/v45dbe6BPwI/s400/IMG_2766-Orchis-collina_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579982149153915842" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pormenor da inflorescência.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A &lt;em&gt;Orchis collina &lt;/em&gt;é uma espécie típica de colinas calcárias bem soleadas um pouco por toda a bacia mediterrânica mas em Portugal apenas pode ser encontrada na Serra da Adiça, de onde se conhece apenas desde 1992. É uma espécie rara, pouco conspícua e de difícil localização e a curta janela temporal em que a podemos encontrar em flor, de Janeiro a Março não ajuda ao maior conhecimento sobre ela.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1lLToox8Y4o/TXAUNofcTlI/AAAAAAAAAaQ/nP2Q6a7dDAk/s1600/IMG_2835-Orchis-collina_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1lLToox8Y4o/TXAUNofcTlI/AAAAAAAAAaQ/nP2Q6a7dDAk/s400/IMG_2835-Orchis-collina_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579982162752196178" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nLiXQl5NyzQ/TXAUNmqkk6I/AAAAAAAAAaI/FSnIfdEfPI0/s1600/IMG_2806-Orchis-collina_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nLiXQl5NyzQ/TXAUNmqkk6I/AAAAAAAAAaI/FSnIfdEfPI0/s400/IMG_2806-Orchis-collina_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579982162262004642" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;O. collina &lt;/em&gt;f. flavescens - A forma hipocromática desta espécie é ainda mais rara.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O que sabemos, contudo, é que os habitats onde ocorre são também extremamente ricos em biodiversidade. A Serra da Adiça constitui um conjunto de elevações que se destacam claramente na peneplanície alentejana e o seu substrato calcário e formação de microclimas específicos consoante a orientação e disponibilidade de água permitem a existência de um grande número de espécies em que muitas delas são raras em Portugal. A diversidade de orquídeas é notável já que aqui ocorrem mais de 21 espécies diferentes, os insectos estão por todo o lado e aqui ocorre uma das quatro únicas populações nacionais da borboleta Branca-Portuguesa (&lt;em&gt;Euchloe tagis&lt;/em&gt;) e é um dos últimos locais em Portugal onde ainda pode aparecer o Lince-Ibérico (&lt;em&gt;Lynx pardinus&lt;/em&gt;).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6Dk2gB5ncqc/TXAVHDrjB-I/AAAAAAAAAaY/OXhTgiNMeIY/s1600/IMG_7315-adica_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6Dk2gB5ncqc/TXAVHDrjB-I/AAAAAAAAAaY/OXhTgiNMeIY/s400/IMG_7315-adica_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579983149303269346" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Panorâmica da Serra da Adiça&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Se querem saber mais sobre este local fantástico visitem o &lt;a href="http://serra-da-adica.blogspot.com/"&gt;blog Serra da Adiça&lt;/a&gt; da autoria de Ivo Rodrigues, o seu maior conhecedor e especialista em orquídeas, asseguro-vos que vale a pena.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;A Serra da Adiça, as suas orquídeas, fauna e flora estão ali, à espera de ser descobertas por cada um de nós, venha daí!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-6708178794092108035?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/6708178794092108035/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=6708178794092108035&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/6708178794092108035'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/6708178794092108035'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/2011/03/orchis-collina.html' title='Orchis collina'/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MOrrXDSG0Qw/TXAUNFxaGNI/AAAAAAAAAaA/5Xq8AXEi7Xg/s72-c/IMG_2779_-Orchis-collina.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509.post-2903488302031082141</id><published>2011-03-02T10:18:00.004Z</published><updated>2011-03-02T10:45:32.667Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='invasive'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Acacio'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><title type='text'>In love with yourself</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zw0kDJeAORE/TW4eyvJ8L_I/AAAAAAAAAZw/OQsuzWGCG7E/s1600/IMG_5812-Acacia-longifolia_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zw0kDJeAORE/TW4eyvJ8L_I/AAAAAAAAAZw/OQsuzWGCG7E/s400/IMG_5812-Acacia-longifolia_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579430845359075314" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8v7FLiZ0guY/TW4eyTmcUMI/AAAAAAAAAZo/i4lHByFldhw/s1600/IMG_5829-Acacia-longifolia_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8v7FLiZ0guY/TW4eyTmcUMI/AAAAAAAAAZo/i4lHByFldhw/s400/IMG_5829-Acacia-longifolia_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579430837962428610" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7Z8j6grNDg0/TW4eyafUVOI/AAAAAAAAAZg/Ir5oQr2GdI8/s1600/IMG_5834-Acacia-longifolia_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7Z8j6grNDg0/TW4eyafUVOI/AAAAAAAAAZg/Ir5oQr2GdI8/s400/IMG_5834-Acacia-longifolia_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579430839811593442" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Got your tummy full of love&lt;br /&gt;Because you ate it&lt;br /&gt;It hurts when you talk&lt;br /&gt;And you dwell on it"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acacia longifolia (Fabaceae)&lt;br /&gt;Portugal&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acacia derives from the greek Akis, spiny or thorny, given that the majority of species, especially african are thorny trees.&lt;br /&gt;A. longifolia is a south australian species acclimatised in Portugal and South Africa where it is highly invasive in sandy areas and disturbed ground and favoured by fire outbreaks outcompeting most native species.&lt;br /&gt;Further, they produce allelopathic substances that inhibit the growth of other plants around their root system, preventing competition.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-2903488302031082141?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/2903488302031082141/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=2903488302031082141&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/2903488302031082141'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/2903488302031082141'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/2011/03/in-love-with-yourself.html' title='In love with yourself'/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zw0kDJeAORE/TW4eyvJ8L_I/AAAAAAAAAZw/OQsuzWGCG7E/s72-c/IMG_5812-Acacia-longifolia_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509.post-2810752765487442096</id><published>2011-02-27T17:37:00.005Z</published><updated>2011-02-27T19:26:47.684Z</updated><title type='text'>Tomares ballus</title><content type='html'>Tomares ballus, the Provence Hairstreak is an interesting little butterfly species found only in western Europe from Portugal to southern France and in north Africa, from Morocco to Libya.&lt;br /&gt;It belongs to a genus which is found throughout the whole Holomediterranean and central Asiatic area, from the Atlantic to the Himalayas and encompassing about 9 species. They are all rather secretive and local species in scrubland or rocky xeric habitats and aren't well known by most people because they fly so early in the year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QtYxIhP1UtE/TWqi_BbL4tI/AAAAAAAAAZI/JpCaPefKjow/s1600/IMG_2311-Tomares-ballus_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QtYxIhP1UtE/TWqi_BbL4tI/AAAAAAAAAZI/JpCaPefKjow/s400/IMG_2311-Tomares-ballus_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578450292049699538" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Male Tomares ballus&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For instance, Tomares ballus can be seen on the wing as early in the season as late December in Morocco until mid March although it's normal flight period goes from late February to mid April, depending on weather, altitude and sun exposure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1Ag8CZYV8Dw/TWqi-vlFwvI/AAAAAAAAAZA/-_qWsc62A2k/s1600/IMG_5870-Tomares-ballus_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1Ag8CZYV8Dw/TWqi-vlFwvI/AAAAAAAAAZA/-_qWsc62A2k/s400/IMG_5870-Tomares-ballus_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578450287259402994" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Female Tomares ballus, a bit more colourful than the male&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Portugal this species is found sparsely and it's distribution is not very well known because of its early flight period. There are colonies known from pretty much the whole of the country although it seems to prefer xerothermophilous situations in rather mesic habitats (clearings, calcareous hills) in the western and southern part of the country and colonies are very local with a small number of individuals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7qfvwLza_eg/TWqlJ1H12iI/AAAAAAAAAZY/S87hLYvV11A/s1600/IMG_5778-Arrabida_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7qfvwLza_eg/TWqlJ1H12iI/AAAAAAAAAZY/S87hLYvV11A/s400/IMG_5778-Arrabida_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578452676749154850" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Typical habitat, mediterranean scrubland covered xerothermophilous hills.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Females are more commonly seen and both sexes can be usually flushed out of the most usual foodplant, Astragalus lusitanicus (Erophaca baetica).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ssKpnh6uvdo/TWqi_MBVrTI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/yj5OUjPA2TU/s1600/IMG_5635-Astragalus-lusitanicus_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ssKpnh6uvdo/TWqi_MBVrTI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/yj5OUjPA2TU/s400/IMG_5635-Astragalus-lusitanicus_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578450294894079282" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Footplant: Astragalus lusitanicus (Fabaceae), forming characteristic clutches.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is quite a difficult species to photograph as the butterflies are rather wary and tend to land in difficult positions for the photographer, among grasses and the foodplant, so one needs to be (very!) patient.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VkSjqNKPBqU/TWqi-d59o2I/AAAAAAAAAY4/-8QmD_QdbPg/s1600/IMG_5701_Astragalus-lusitanicus_Tomares-ballus_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VkSjqNKPBqU/TWqi-d59o2I/AAAAAAAAAY4/-8QmD_QdbPg/s400/IMG_5701_Astragalus-lusitanicus_Tomares-ballus_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578450282515112802" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Female Tomares ballus on A. lusitanicus. (Near the centre of the picture)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-2810752765487442096?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/2810752765487442096/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=2810752765487442096&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/2810752765487442096'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/2810752765487442096'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/2011/02/tomares-ballus.html' title='Tomares ballus'/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QtYxIhP1UtE/TWqi_BbL4tI/AAAAAAAAAZI/JpCaPefKjow/s72-c/IMG_2311-Tomares-ballus_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509.post-1134215422049185986</id><published>2011-02-25T00:15:00.003Z</published><updated>2011-02-25T00:18:26.106Z</updated><title type='text'>Playing bowies with me</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kXeWg0HSkHE/TWb1A_46aVI/AAAAAAAAAYo/dsFXShYTY4s/s1600/IMG_5591_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kXeWg0HSkHE/TWb1A_46aVI/AAAAAAAAAYo/dsFXShYTY4s/s400/IMG_5591_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577414586043885906" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"It won't do it for me&lt;br /&gt;Cus I can perceive&lt;br /&gt;The tricks of your sleeve&lt;br /&gt;Your magician days are gone"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;slug on gorse (Ulex europaeus), Limacidae (Gatropoda)&lt;br /&gt;Mafra, Portugal&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-1134215422049185986?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/1134215422049185986/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=1134215422049185986&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/1134215422049185986'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/1134215422049185986'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/2011/02/playing-bowies-with-me.html' title='Playing bowies with me'/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kXeWg0HSkHE/TWb1A_46aVI/AAAAAAAAAYo/dsFXShYTY4s/s72-c/IMG_5591_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509.post-5061881798090575375</id><published>2011-02-22T21:21:00.004Z</published><updated>2011-02-22T21:25:36.220Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Leter to S.'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tainted love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ciconia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stork'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bird'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aves'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='You and I'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><title type='text'>You and I</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8S7R4PrUQSY/TWQpgp-xJ1I/AAAAAAAAAYg/Zth-ESpwghQ/s1600/CIconia-ciconia_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8S7R4PrUQSY/TWQpgp-xJ1I/AAAAAAAAAYg/Zth-ESpwghQ/s400/CIconia-ciconia_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576627879593191250" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Drawn into a world of choices,&lt;br /&gt;Bitter hearts and angry voices"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ciconia ciconia (Aves, Ciconiidae)&lt;br /&gt;Alentejo, Portugal.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-5061881798090575375?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/5061881798090575375/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=5061881798090575375&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/5061881798090575375'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/5061881798090575375'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/2011/02/you-and-i.html' title='You and I'/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8S7R4PrUQSY/TWQpgp-xJ1I/AAAAAAAAAYg/Zth-ESpwghQ/s72-c/CIconia-ciconia_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509.post-1753097317247617445</id><published>2011-02-21T22:47:00.007Z</published><updated>2011-02-22T01:29:32.165Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rare'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cisternasii'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Alytes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Alentejo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Amphibian'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='toad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anura'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='midwife'/><title type='text'>You know who I am</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sOafwhjc1ws/TWLtdiJ68lI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/sL4HwhMn17c/s1600/Alytes-cisternasii_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sOafwhjc1ws/TWLtdiJ68lI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/sL4HwhMn17c/s400/Alytes-cisternasii_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576280380278501970" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sMkgDPlFCLU/TWLtdgNhnLI/AAAAAAAAAYY/hLJOi27TEyM/s1600/IMG_1153-Alytes-cisternasii_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sMkgDPlFCLU/TWLtdgNhnLI/AAAAAAAAAYY/hLJOi27TEyM/s400/IMG_1153-Alytes-cisternasii_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576280379756747954" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"And who cares if they don't ever understand&lt;br /&gt;And I love you because you know who I am"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alytes cisternasii (Anura, Alytidae)&lt;br /&gt;Alentejo, Portugal&lt;br /&gt;[these pictures are also  featured on the  ARKive website, devoted to the broadcasting of rare  and charismatic species all over the world: http://www.arkive.org/iberian-midwife-toad/alytes-cisternasii/ ]&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-1753097317247617445?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/1753097317247617445/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=1753097317247617445&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/1753097317247617445'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/1753097317247617445'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/2011/02/you-know-who-i-am.html' title='You know who I am'/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sOafwhjc1ws/TWLtdiJ68lI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/sL4HwhMn17c/s72-c/Alytes-cisternasii_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509.post-1101964213723336619</id><published>2011-02-19T20:31:00.003Z</published><updated>2011-02-19T20:40:10.767Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='camouflage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='leaves'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Moths'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><title type='text'>Autumn leaves</title><content type='html'>Some moths are different. They do their best to resemble anything else but a tasty, nutritious meal and while some conceal themselves in crevices or lay their wings tightly to the substrate, others want to be leaves. Because withered, ragged leaves aren't usually a great meal this strategy emerged as quite a successful one and a lot of species practice it.&lt;br /&gt;One interesting group are the Thorn moths, in family Geometridae, genera Ennomos and Selenia, which unlike the majority of moths also lay their wings butterfly like, i. e., vertical to the substrate and thus have quite nice patterns on the undersides.&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy some of these marvels from the woodland!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dLhhZAaDA7Q/TWAqAmGpTaI/AAAAAAAAAYA/nunPEmmBu5g/s1600/IMG_9808-Ennomos-alniaria_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dLhhZAaDA7Q/TWAqAmGpTaI/AAAAAAAAAYA/nunPEmmBu5g/s400/IMG_9808-Ennomos-alniaria_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575502528401460642" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ennomos alniaria&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1pNf-RipTqo/TWAqAWfXg1I/AAAAAAAAAX4/GU_l8FTeSHI/s1600/IMG_0019-Ennomos-fuscantaria_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1pNf-RipTqo/TWAqAWfXg1I/AAAAAAAAAX4/GU_l8FTeSHI/s400/IMG_0019-Ennomos-fuscantaria_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575502524210185042" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ennomos fuscantaria&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-y6sUus61lVI/TWAqACdzyPI/AAAAAAAAAXw/XAB2-0F0X48/s1600/IMG_9534-Selenia-dentaria_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-y6sUus61lVI/TWAqACdzyPI/AAAAAAAAAXw/XAB2-0F0X48/s400/IMG_9534-Selenia-dentaria_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575502518834940146" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Selenia dentaria&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7JRs8subg8c/TWAp_2_6ibI/AAAAAAAAAXo/8BYdNRk_u1k/s1600/IMG_3451-Selenia-lunularia_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7JRs8subg8c/TWAp_2_6ibI/AAAAAAAAAXo/8BYdNRk_u1k/s400/IMG_3451-Selenia-lunularia_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575502515756763570" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Selenia lunularia&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And finally, a completely unrelated moth which adopted a similar strategy, albeit it takes it another level by curling up its own wings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nt66dfdJg8M/TWAqhluY9AI/AAAAAAAAAYI/9SaezI5zEyU/s1600/IMG_8902-Phlogophora-meticulosa_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nt66dfdJg8M/TWAqhluY9AI/AAAAAAAAAYI/9SaezI5zEyU/s400/IMG_8902-Phlogophora-meticulosa_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575503095235408898" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Phlogophora meticulosa&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-1101964213723336619?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/1101964213723336619/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=1101964213723336619&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/1101964213723336619'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/1101964213723336619'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/2011/02/autumn-leaves.html' title='Autumn leaves'/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dLhhZAaDA7Q/TWAqAmGpTaI/AAAAAAAAAYA/nunPEmmBu5g/s72-c/IMG_9808-Ennomos-alniaria_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509.post-7453261405121177927</id><published>2011-02-18T12:22:00.002Z</published><updated>2011-02-18T12:30:44.005Z</updated><title type='text'>Who are you...?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yowFFhCQwrk/TV5mHucEs6I/AAAAAAAAAXg/K0yHvvhPp7s/s1600/IMG_6790-Bursinia_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yowFFhCQwrk/TV5mHucEs6I/AAAAAAAAAXg/K0yHvvhPp7s/s400/IMG_6790-Bursinia_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575005671642149794" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"For how long&lt;br /&gt;How strong do I&lt;br /&gt;still have to be?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bursinia sp. (Dictyopharidae)&lt;br /&gt;Reguengos de Monsaraz, Portugal&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-7453261405121177927?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/7453261405121177927/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=7453261405121177927&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/7453261405121177927'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/7453261405121177927'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/2011/02/who-are-you.html' title='Who are you...?'/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yowFFhCQwrk/TV5mHucEs6I/AAAAAAAAAXg/K0yHvvhPp7s/s72-c/IMG_6790-Bursinia_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509.post-9060700130640455307</id><published>2011-02-17T17:18:00.002Z</published><updated>2011-02-17T17:20:42.675Z</updated><title type='text'>Bu_urn</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-h2yjNzInnBk/TV1YsEIEmaI/AAAAAAAAAXY/qXg_jgtXiIU/s1600/IMG_5105-por-sol-roca.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-h2yjNzInnBk/TV1YsEIEmaI/AAAAAAAAAXY/qXg_jgtXiIU/s400/IMG_5105-por-sol-roca.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574709427799628194" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"And we'll float with our heads in the water&lt;br /&gt;We'll dry our hands in the fire"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cabo da Roca, Portugal&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-9060700130640455307?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/9060700130640455307/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=9060700130640455307&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/9060700130640455307'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/9060700130640455307'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/2011/02/buurn.html' title='Bu_urn'/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-h2yjNzInnBk/TV1YsEIEmaI/AAAAAAAAAXY/qXg_jgtXiIU/s72-c/IMG_5105-por-sol-roca.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509.post-7488267460552658146</id><published>2011-02-16T23:50:00.004Z</published><updated>2011-02-16T23:52:19.108Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='elephas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='snout'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Curculio'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='weevil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Coleoptera'/><title type='text'>There's nothing wrong with us</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iCyvqsSZKKY/TVxi6ot8lxI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/3O1-8Y0Wp3Y/s1600/IMG_0082-Curculio-elephas_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iCyvqsSZKKY/TVxi6ot8lxI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/3O1-8Y0Wp3Y/s400/IMG_0082-Curculio-elephas_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574439198279898898" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Curculio elephas (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)&lt;br /&gt;Serra da Estrela, Portugal&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-7488267460552658146?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/7488267460552658146/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=7488267460552658146&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/7488267460552658146'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/7488267460552658146'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/2011/02/theres-nothing-wrong-with-us.html' title='There&apos;s nothing wrong with us'/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iCyvqsSZKKY/TVxi6ot8lxI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/3O1-8Y0Wp3Y/s72-c/IMG_0082-Curculio-elephas_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509.post-2949030270570663750</id><published>2011-02-15T23:30:00.002Z</published><updated>2011-02-15T23:33:49.115Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Moths'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Geometridae'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lepidoptera'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='caterpillar'/><title type='text'>The longest road</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-D_hls5cFk9I/TVsM6jMybII/AAAAAAAAAXI/-SM83u_qSr8/s1600/IMG_8891_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-D_hls5cFk9I/TVsM6jMybII/AAAAAAAAAXI/-SM83u_qSr8/s400/IMG_8891_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574063163821943938" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Geometridae&lt;br /&gt;Campo Maior, October 2008&lt;br /&gt;Portugal&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-2949030270570663750?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/2949030270570663750/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=2949030270570663750&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/2949030270570663750'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/2949030270570663750'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/2011/02/longest-road.html' title='The longest road'/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-D_hls5cFk9I/TVsM6jMybII/AAAAAAAAAXI/-SM83u_qSr8/s72-c/IMG_8891_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509.post-4317626401667854494</id><published>2011-02-15T11:01:00.002Z</published><updated>2011-02-15T11:05:40.833Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Diversity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tip'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Borboletas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Orange'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marbled'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='diurna'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cardamines'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anthocharis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lepidoptera'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='green'/><title type='text'>Hold still</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wwcr32FWGO8/TVpdSFIYE7I/AAAAAAAAAXA/barKPe-SmU0/s1600/IMG_7017-Anthocharis-cardamines_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wwcr32FWGO8/TVpdSFIYE7I/AAAAAAAAAXA/barKPe-SmU0/s400/IMG_7017-Anthocharis-cardamines_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573870054020748210" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anthocharis cardamines&lt;br /&gt;Arrábida, Portugal&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-4317626401667854494?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/4317626401667854494/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=4317626401667854494&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/4317626401667854494'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/4317626401667854494'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/2011/02/hold-still.html' title='Hold still'/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wwcr32FWGO8/TVpdSFIYE7I/AAAAAAAAAXA/barKPe-SmU0/s72-c/IMG_7017-Anthocharis-cardamines_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509.post-8424438284152841826</id><published>2011-02-14T03:29:00.002Z</published><updated>2011-02-14T03:32:33.014Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rela'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rã'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='frog'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hyla'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tree'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Setúbal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='arborea'/><title type='text'>Kiss me, oh kiss me.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eF-IsQKY9Ys/TVih8lX1dyI/AAAAAAAAAW4/cVsKPprEPRA/s1600/IMG_0848-Hyla-arborea_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eF-IsQKY9Ys/TVih8lX1dyI/AAAAAAAAAW4/cVsKPprEPRA/s400/IMG_0848-Hyla-arborea_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573382601067296546" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hyla arborea, Hylidae&lt;br /&gt;Setúbal, Portugal&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-8424438284152841826?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/8424438284152841826/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=8424438284152841826&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/8424438284152841826'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/8424438284152841826'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/2011/02/kiss-me-oh-kiss-me.html' title='Kiss me, oh kiss me.'/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eF-IsQKY9Ys/TVih8lX1dyI/AAAAAAAAAW4/cVsKPprEPRA/s72-c/IMG_0848-Hyla-arborea_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509.post-3663413665242991131</id><published>2011-02-14T02:26:00.004Z</published><updated>2011-02-14T02:31:33.458Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Diversity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Moths'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bajularia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Geometridae'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Serra da Estrela'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lepidoptera'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Comibaena'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='green'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Estrela'/><title type='text'>Summer will bring you over</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Pfl1H6mFAk8/TViTqVcpLdI/AAAAAAAAAWw/_GegpAKJbGU/s1600/IMG_7026-Comibaena-bajularia_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Pfl1H6mFAk8/TViTqVcpLdI/AAAAAAAAAWw/_GegpAKJbGU/s400/IMG_7026-Comibaena-bajularia_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573366894392061394" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Comibaena bajularia, Geometridae&lt;br /&gt;Serra da Estrela, Portugal&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-3663413665242991131?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/3663413665242991131/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=3663413665242991131&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/3663413665242991131'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/3663413665242991131'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/2011/02/summer-will-bring-you-over.html' title='Summer will bring you over'/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Pfl1H6mFAk8/TViTqVcpLdI/AAAAAAAAAWw/_GegpAKJbGU/s72-c/IMG_7026-Comibaena-bajularia_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509.post-5087203874141709027</id><published>2011-02-13T04:47:00.003Z</published><updated>2011-02-13T05:03:04.217Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Corema'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='album'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Diversity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='septempunctata'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cocinella'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Coleoptera'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='plant'/><title type='text'>Dreams in colour</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_ZI36gzfcyQ/TVdlemyrz4I/AAAAAAAAAWo/iwKOEXzA0cQ/s1600/IMG_4956-Corema-album_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_ZI36gzfcyQ/TVdlemyrz4I/AAAAAAAAAWo/iwKOEXzA0cQ/s400/IMG_4956-Corema-album_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573034640377892738" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) on Portuguese Crowberry (Corema album).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-5087203874141709027?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/5087203874141709027/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=5087203874141709027&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/5087203874141709027'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/5087203874141709027'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/2011/02/dreams-in-colour.html' title='Dreams in colour'/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_ZI36gzfcyQ/TVdlemyrz4I/AAAAAAAAAWo/iwKOEXzA0cQ/s72-c/IMG_4956-Corema-album_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509.post-4502855350387283881</id><published>2010-11-05T18:00:00.007Z</published><updated>2010-11-05T18:51:50.261Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rare'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='philopalus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lemonia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Alentejo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lemoniidae'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Moths'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lepidoptera'/><title type='text'>Lemonia philopalus, the incredible Iberian winter-night flier</title><content type='html'>Who would imagine that away from all the huss and fuss of Spring and Summer, away from the balmy nights that bring up so many interesting insects to our porch lights there would be something flying in mid winter?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Did you know there are moths, beetles, caddisflies, mayflies, bugs and other insects still flying through the year in temperate regions? Of course there are less species, life is more difficult in the cold... but what you see is usually quite unique so if you don't venture out, you won't see some of the best adapted species in our fauna.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This post is about one of them, a peculiar moth called Lemonia philopalus (Lepidoptera: Lemoniidae) which we can find only in southern Portugal and Spain and Morroco+Algeria.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/TNRP0of00eI/AAAAAAAAAV4/6vy-OhXYw6o/s1600/Lemonia-philopalus_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536137607587877346" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/TNRP0of00eI/AAAAAAAAAV4/6vy-OhXYw6o/s400/Lemonia-philopalus_web.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It flies in winter nights (November-January) when it rains heavily and temperatures are freezing cold! No wonder why it has been discovered in Portugal only a mere 7 years ago, in spite of its size and beauty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Females are larger than males and fly a bit less easily. One can distinguish them easily by the more flimsy antennae.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/TNRQM9mFIGI/AAAAAAAAAWA/ut9gCwzJw60/s1600/lemonia-fundo2_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536138025568116834" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/TNRQM9mFIGI/AAAAAAAAAWA/ut9gCwzJw60/s400/lemonia-fundo2_web.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As for now, this species is only known from the wide peneplains of Alentejo where this pretty much acts like a steppe species adapted to survive in quite open situations, it seems to favour traditional agricultural practices and an intensive use of soil without semi-natural pastures seems to affect its populations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The catterpillars feed on dandelions (Asteraceae) like Taraxacum officinale, Lactuca sp. but especially on Sonchus oleraceus and Crepis capillaris which are in full bloom in March and April when we can see the hairy caterpillars.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/TNRRBV58uII/AAAAAAAAAWI/onCF86VKAUs/s1600/lemonia-fundo_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536138925447100546" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/TNRRBV58uII/AAAAAAAAAWI/onCF86VKAUs/s400/lemonia-fundo_web.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a recent study, we have discovered that this species is seriously threatened by intensive farming practices in Alentejo, especially olive groove monocultures which use lots of herbicides eliminating foodplants, mobilizing soil in a manner incompatible with the pupal stage (underground) and improper management of roadsides and hedgerows.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's our duty to know more and do our best to conserve rare species like this moth.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-4502855350387283881?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/4502855350387283881/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=4502855350387283881&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/4502855350387283881'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/4502855350387283881'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/2010/11/lemonia-philopalus-incredible-iberian.html' title='Lemonia philopalus, the incredible Iberian winter-night flier'/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/TNRP0of00eI/AAAAAAAAAV4/6vy-OhXYw6o/s72-c/Lemonia-philopalus_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509.post-2974551693293381760</id><published>2010-05-18T23:14:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-05-19T00:30:45.526+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='França'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Triturus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='France'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marbled'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='salamander'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='newt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='marmoratus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Salamandridae'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='green'/><title type='text'>Triturus marmoratus</title><content type='html'>Recently I was in France and was susprised to see a newt which is widespread in northern Iberia, reaching central areas of France.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Marbled newt belongs to the group of the crested newts (T. cristatus, T. carnifex, etc.) and the ancestor of this species and T. pygmaeus (the Pygmy Marbled Newt) evolved in the Iberian Península, its presence in France may be the result of a post-glacial expansion in the last 10 000 years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/S_MioNUFNnI/AAAAAAAAAVg/lm-KWnO2CSg/s1600/IMG_6394-Triturus-marmoratus_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472756046349284978" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/S_MioNUFNnI/AAAAAAAAAVg/lm-KWnO2CSg/s400/IMG_6394-Triturus-marmoratus_web.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/S_Min2wEbLI/AAAAAAAAAVY/oR8Z5jzQc8E/s1600/IMG_6414-Triturus-marmoratus_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472756040292658354" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/S_Min2wEbLI/AAAAAAAAAVY/oR8Z5jzQc8E/s400/IMG_6414-Triturus-marmoratus_web.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/S_Mint35RFI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/K0rn1Mg5tk4/s1600/IMG_6420-Triturus-marmoratus_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472756037909562450" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/S_Mint35RFI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/K0rn1Mg5tk4/s400/IMG_6420-Triturus-marmoratus_web.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/S_MinICifJI/AAAAAAAAAVI/fwsgwb1bbWA/s1600/IMG_6382-Triturus-marmoratus_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472756027753659538" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/S_MinICifJI/AAAAAAAAAVI/fwsgwb1bbWA/s400/IMG_6382-Triturus-marmoratus_web.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-2974551693293381760?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/2974551693293381760/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=2974551693293381760&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/2974551693293381760'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/2974551693293381760'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/2010/05/triturus-marmoratus.html' title='Triturus marmoratus'/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/S_MioNUFNnI/AAAAAAAAAVg/lm-KWnO2CSg/s72-c/IMG_6394-Triturus-marmoratus_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509.post-8580831994165693395</id><published>2010-02-19T01:54:00.005Z</published><updated>2010-02-19T03:14:52.978Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Diversity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Borboletas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Moths'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='atropos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Acherontia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lepidoptera'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Natural'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='caterpillar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sphingidae'/><title type='text'>Acherontia atropos</title><content type='html'>The Death's Head Hawkmoth is one of the largest moth species in Europe and is a very interesting species from many points of view.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Belonging to a mostly tropical offshoot of the Sphinginae (true hawkmoths) and widespread in the Afrotropical region, it ventures into the southern Palaearctic region during the Summer where it is to be found often in abundance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The caterpillars feed mostly on Solanaceae (potatoes and nightshades) but also Oleaceae (Olea europaea, Ligustrum spp.) and Verbenaceae (Alloysia triphylla) and are striking.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Portugal this is mostly a late summer migrant species having been found through the country but with most records from the south (Alentejo, Algarve) and the coasts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/S33_KFABHzI/AAAAAAAAAUY/hnGzh8-BlJU/s1600-h/Acherontia-atropos_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439784473539452722" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/S33_KFABHzI/AAAAAAAAAUY/hnGzh8-BlJU/s400/Acherontia-atropos_web.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4th ínstar larva.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/S33_dXETQMI/AAAAAAAAAUg/7bRtI7fxdpE/s1600-h/Acherontia-atropos2_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439784804806770882" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/S33_dXETQMI/AAAAAAAAAUg/7bRtI7fxdpE/s400/Acherontia-atropos2_web.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;close-up of 4th ínstar larva&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/S33_dqW4EzI/AAAAAAAAAUo/K-I9hABKHYg/s1600-h/IMG_8394_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439784809984955186" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/S33_dqW4EzI/AAAAAAAAAUo/K-I9hABKHYg/s400/IMG_8394_web.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;young 5th ínstar larva&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/S33_dxe0t2I/AAAAAAAAAUw/wsBSDSN2yLk/s1600-h/Acherontia-atropos_L5_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439784811897337698" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/S33_dxe0t2I/AAAAAAAAAUw/wsBSDSN2yLk/s400/Acherontia-atropos_L5_web.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;older 5th ínstar larvae can grow up to 12cm long.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/S33_eBB4JtI/AAAAAAAAAU4/f_c9VQrhRTM/s1600-h/Acherontia-atropos-pupa_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439784816070895314" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/S33_eBB4JtI/AAAAAAAAAU4/f_c9VQrhRTM/s400/Acherontia-atropos-pupa_web.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before pupation, the caterpillar builds a well enclosed earthen chamber deep into the soil. As a pupa, they can overwinter in milder places but in tropical conditions this phase only lasts for about a month.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/S33_ekAzboI/AAAAAAAAAVA/eK7KhAdvuLU/s1600-h/Acherontia-atropos-(3)_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439784825461632642" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/S33_ekAzboI/AAAAAAAAAVA/eK7KhAdvuLU/s400/Acherontia-atropos-(3)_web.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The adult is a stunning moth with a well-known pattern on the thorax, resembling a Death's Head!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-8580831994165693395?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/8580831994165693395/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=8580831994165693395&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/8580831994165693395'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/8580831994165693395'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/2010/02/acherontia-atropos.html' title='Acherontia atropos'/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/S33_KFABHzI/AAAAAAAAAUY/hnGzh8-BlJU/s72-c/Acherontia-atropos_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509.post-4467005087067613186</id><published>2010-02-13T00:52:00.003Z</published><updated>2010-02-13T00:56:06.832Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Intro hello Eduardo Marabuto'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Diversity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Parque'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Roca'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sintra'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Natural'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Carpobrotus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cascais'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/S3X4FlVNrYI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/27neZZR2-_c/s1600-h/CaboRoca_web2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437524899923864962" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/S3X4FlVNrYI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/27neZZR2-_c/s400/CaboRoca_web2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/S3X4FL3GThI/AAAAAAAAAUI/HLLhNoi5c1E/s1600-h/CaboRoca_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437524893086666258" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/S3X4FL3GThI/AAAAAAAAAUI/HLLhNoi5c1E/s400/CaboRoca_web.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cabo da Roca, Portugal - The westernmost tip of the European Continent. A truly beautiful place though quite a natural disaster: there are 3 portuguese endemic species of plants from the area, though most is quite overgrown with Carpobrotus edulis, a south-african low growing creeping plant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-4467005087067613186?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/4467005087067613186/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=4467005087067613186&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/4467005087067613186'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/4467005087067613186'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/2010/02/cabo-da-roca-portugal-westernmost-tip.html' title=''/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/S3X4FlVNrYI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/27neZZR2-_c/s72-c/CaboRoca_web2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509.post-7005081543745234282</id><published>2010-01-23T18:01:00.006Z</published><updated>2010-01-23T18:07:48.670Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rare'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='camaleão'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Algarve'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chamaeleo chamaeleon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><title type='text'>Chamaeleo chamaeleon</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/S1s61f6E7tI/AAAAAAAAAUA/elhKkmpxluw/s1600-h/cchamaeleon.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429998466497834706" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/S1s61f6E7tI/AAAAAAAAAUA/elhKkmpxluw/s400/cchamaeleon.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Algarve, Portugal&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-7005081543745234282?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/7005081543745234282/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=7005081543745234282&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/7005081543745234282'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/7005081543745234282'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/2010/01/chamaeleo-chamaeleon.html' title='Chamaeleo chamaeleon'/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/S1s61f6E7tI/AAAAAAAAAUA/elhKkmpxluw/s72-c/cchamaeleon.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509.post-4038082950008945315</id><published>2009-06-11T19:11:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2009-06-11T20:05:31.897+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rare'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='borboletas Noite Europeia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Diversity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='evento'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NEB'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Borboletas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Moths'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EMN'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lusoborboletas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lepidoptera'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ameaçada'/><title type='text'>Borboletas Nocturnas no Parque Natural de Montesinho</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;De 21 a 25 de Maio de 2009 decorreram as Noites Europeias de Borboletas Nocturnas e uma equipa esteve no Parque Natural de Montesinho, expoente máximo da diversidade de borboletas em Portugal, afim de registar o que aparecia e assim aumentar e muito as espécies conhecidas para o evento (mais info &lt;a href="http://lusoborboletas.org/EMN.htm"&gt;AQUI&lt;/a&gt;) .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;O resultado foi fantástico com mais de 120 espécies de Macrolepidópteros observadas em três noites por uma equipa de 5 pessoas!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SjFK66t0sCI/AAAAAAAAATI/qfeHwE9BOWk/s1600-h/armadilha_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346136608719810594" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SjFK66t0sCI/AAAAAAAAATI/qfeHwE9BOWk/s400/armadilha_web.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;São de especial realce duas espécies novas para Portugal:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346137043975660402" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SjFLUQK543I/AAAAAAAAATQ/It49g0XMdDk/s400/Apamea-crenata_web.jpg" /&gt; &lt;div&gt;Apamea crenata (Noctuidae)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SjFLUnJ2IDI/AAAAAAAAATY/bQYCNYVoUIc/s1600-h/Lobophora-halterata_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346137050145234994" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SjFLUnJ2IDI/AAAAAAAAATY/bQYCNYVoUIc/s400/Lobophora-halterata_web.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Lobophora halterata (Geometridae)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;E inúmeros 2º e 3ºs registos em Portugal como:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SjFLU5mXwiI/AAAAAAAAATg/x74pwNA3o4I/s1600-h/Siona-lineata_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346137055096717858" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SjFLU5mXwiI/AAAAAAAAATg/x74pwNA3o4I/s400/Siona-lineata_web.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div&gt;Siona lineata (Geometridae)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SjFLVA_1FaI/AAAAAAAAATo/hNt_yjNCHlE/s1600-h/Hypena-obesalis_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346137057082545570" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SjFLVA_1FaI/AAAAAAAAATo/hNt_yjNCHlE/s400/Hypena-obesalis_web.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hypena obesalis (Noctuidae)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346137061047539794" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SjFLVPxKGFI/AAAAAAAAATw/2gd71esUuRw/s400/Orthosia-gracilis_web.jpg" /&gt; &lt;div&gt;Orthosia gracilis (Noctuidae)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346147584932599394" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SjFU50S4VmI/AAAAAAAAAT4/4my2jxCamnc/s400/Leucania-comma_web.jpg" /&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Leucania comma (Noctuidae)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Outras espécies raras observadas:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Athetis pallustris (Noctuidae), Aethalura punctulata (Geometridae), Notodonta tritophus (Notodontidae), Hada plebeja, Pachetra sagittigera (Noctuidae)...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mais um motivo para preservarmos esta região tão importante para a biodiversidade nacional e Ibérica além da própria cultura e as gentes que localmente são de uma riqueza enorme!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-4038082950008945315?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/4038082950008945315/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=4038082950008945315&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/4038082950008945315'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/4038082950008945315'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/2009/06/borboletas-nocturnas-no-parque-natural.html' title='Borboletas Nocturnas no Parque Natural de Montesinho'/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SjFK66t0sCI/AAAAAAAAATI/qfeHwE9BOWk/s72-c/armadilha_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509.post-7213596366975288623</id><published>2009-05-20T02:40:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2009-05-20T02:45:24.420+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rare'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='collina'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adiça'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Orchis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Alentejo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Orchidaceae'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calcareous grasslands'/><title type='text'>Jewels from the meadow 3: Orchis collina</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/ShNgDpWBixI/AAAAAAAAATA/SssyRgrcBxE/s1600-h/Orchis-collina_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337715599118273298" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/ShNgDpWBixI/AAAAAAAAATA/SssyRgrcBxE/s400/Orchis-collina_web.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is a rare species in Portugal, whose distribution seems to be fairly limited to the Adiça range, a mountain ridge in Alentejo made up of highly metamorphic carbonated rocks. Alongside this species we can find many calcicole plants and animals, rare in Portugal and the Iberian Peninsula.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-7213596366975288623?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/7213596366975288623/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=7213596366975288623&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/7213596366975288623'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/7213596366975288623'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/2009/05/jewels-from-meadow-3-orchis-collina.html' title='Jewels from the meadow 3: Orchis collina'/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/ShNgDpWBixI/AAAAAAAAATA/SssyRgrcBxE/s72-c/Orchis-collina_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509.post-841616542589577185</id><published>2009-05-18T01:27:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2009-05-18T01:35:17.276+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Orchis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Alentejo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Orchidaceae'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calcareous grasslands'/><title type='text'>Jewels from the meadow 2: Orchis italica</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/ShCrvRBzEmI/AAAAAAAAAS4/GO2w7KNHvVw/s1600-h/Orchis+italica.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336954386947183202" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/ShCrvRBzEmI/AAAAAAAAAS4/GO2w7KNHvVw/s400/Orchis+italica.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Orchis italica is one of the most common orchids in calcareous grasslands in Portugal often in huge populations, though it is seldom seen elsewhere. The lower petal of each flower has a very interesting shape: if attention is payed over it we can hardly see a man's shape... with everything in it! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-841616542589577185?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/841616542589577185/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=841616542589577185&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/841616542589577185'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/841616542589577185'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/2009/05/jewels-from-meadow-2-orchis-italica.html' title='Jewels from the meadow 2: Orchis italica'/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/ShCrvRBzEmI/AAAAAAAAAS4/GO2w7KNHvVw/s72-c/Orchis+italica.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509.post-5146108641714183624</id><published>2009-05-14T01:25:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2009-05-14T01:42:36.470+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Orchidaceae'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calcareous grasslands'/><title type='text'>Jewels from the Meadow1: Orchis conica</title><content type='html'>Orchids represent some of the most exquisite and complex strategies plants created to thrive among the larger species.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There's much information online about orchids and with this post I will only try to insist on the diversity of colours and shapes the portuguese species can come up with.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope you enjoy stopping by.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SgtnlR5eacI/AAAAAAAAASw/MHX_GRQfC5E/s1600-h/Orchis-conica_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335472073707776450" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SgtnlR5eacI/AAAAAAAAASw/MHX_GRQfC5E/s400/Orchis-conica_web.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Orchis conica, a fairly widespread species in the southern half of Portugal. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The flowers just look like some dolls /girls clothes!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-5146108641714183624?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/5146108641714183624/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=5146108641714183624&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/5146108641714183624'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/5146108641714183624'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/2009/05/jewels-from-meadow1-orchis-conica.html' title='Jewels from the Meadow1: Orchis conica'/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SgtnlR5eacI/AAAAAAAAASw/MHX_GRQfC5E/s72-c/Orchis-conica_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509.post-5830897416817773058</id><published>2009-05-11T19:12:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2009-05-11T19:14:37.297+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='borboletas Noite Europeia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Diversity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='evento'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NEB'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Borboletas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Moths'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EMN'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lusoborboletas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lepidoptera'/><title type='text'>VI Noites Europeias de Borboletas Nocturnas | European Moth Nights 2009</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SghquXRQsGI/AAAAAAAAASo/zp0CYIFlYa0/s1600-h/MothNet.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334631103373291618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 283px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SghquXRQsGI/AAAAAAAAASo/zp0CYIFlYa0/s400/MothNet.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Para todos, em todo o país, pelas borboletas, pelos ecossistemas!&lt;br /&gt;LEIA, PARTICIPE, DIVULGUE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-5830897416817773058?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/5830897416817773058/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=5830897416817773058&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/5830897416817773058'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/5830897416817773058'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/2009/05/vi-noites-europeias-de-borboletas.html' title='VI Noites Europeias de Borboletas Nocturnas | European Moth Nights 2009'/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SghquXRQsGI/AAAAAAAAASo/zp0CYIFlYa0/s72-c/MothNet.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509.post-213176567204054333</id><published>2009-04-29T21:03:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2009-04-29T21:14:32.962+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gibraltar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='UK'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sylvanus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Macaca'/><title type='text'>Macaca sylvanus</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Dado que recentemente estive em Gibraltar a fazer trabalho de campo, não podia deixar de registar alguns momentos junto dos mais caracteristicos inquilinos deste rochedo que, na ponta sul de Espanha, pertence ao Reino Unido.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Trata-se da unica população de primatas não-humanos existente em solo europeu e da única espécie do género Macaca fora de solo asiático.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Apesar de ser consensual que se trata de uma espécie que anteriormente habitava na Europa, nos milénios mais recentes parece que se extinguiu aqui sendo os individuos de Gibraltar provenientes do Norte de África, possivelmente trazidos pelos povos do norte de África aquando da conquista muçulmana da Península e reforçada já no século XX, após a 2ª Guerra Mundial, dado que no Rochedo de Gibraltar apenas restaram 12 indivíduos. Agora são mais de 200.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Espero que gostem!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/Sfi0V7c9pNI/AAAAAAAAASg/egzduu1K2U0/s1600-h/Macaca-sylvanus3_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330208447822406866" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/Sfi0V7c9pNI/AAAAAAAAASg/egzduu1K2U0/s400/Macaca-sylvanus3_web.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Uma família feliz!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/Sfi0V1Mk8II/AAAAAAAAASY/uNmymfQyReU/s1600-h/Macaca-sylvanus5_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330208446143066242" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/Sfi0V1Mk8II/AAAAAAAAASY/uNmymfQyReU/s400/Macaca-sylvanus5_web.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; A descansar num sofá de rocha&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/Sfi0Vp54iLI/AAAAAAAAASQ/7RZvXmzdk2M/s1600-h/Macaca-sylvanus7_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330208443111868594" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/Sfi0Vp54iLI/AAAAAAAAASQ/7RZvXmzdk2M/s400/Macaca-sylvanus7_web.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Farto de fotos?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/Sfi0Vlr9gcI/AAAAAAAAASI/jeNj87LM_28/s1600-h/Macaca-sylvanus6_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330208441979732418" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/Sfi0Vlr9gcI/AAAAAAAAASI/jeNj87LM_28/s400/Macaca-sylvanus6_web.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Eu gosto das tuas bolachas...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-213176567204054333?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/213176567204054333/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=213176567204054333&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/213176567204054333'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/213176567204054333'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/2009/04/macaca-sylvanus.html' title='Macaca sylvanus'/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/Sfi0V7c9pNI/AAAAAAAAASg/egzduu1K2U0/s72-c/Macaca-sylvanus3_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509.post-2075725731002541009</id><published>2009-04-21T19:55:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2011-04-04T19:19:48.455+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rare'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gibraltar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Borboletas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bio-indicator'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='threatened'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='diurna'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lepidoptera'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ameaçada'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='yellow'/><title type='text'>Anthocharis euphenoides</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;A Anthocharis euphenoides traz um brilhante colorido amarelo à primavera, pena que cada vez mais raro...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Distribuida por Portugal, Espanha e sul de França, esta espécie pode eventualmente ser localmente abundante mas especialmente em Portugal, muitas das suas populações desapareceram nos últimos 50 anos. Exemplos destas populações são as dos arredores de Lisboa como na zona de Sintra (anos 50) e na serra da Arrábida e São Luis (anos 70) enquanto as populações do curso superior do Rio Douro mantém-se mais ou menos saudáveis.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Os motivos destes desaparecimentos locais não estão bem documentados mas na zona de Sintra tal dever-se-à provavelmente à expansão urbanistica que ocupou os habitats adequados (zonas onduladas e colinas xerotermófilas com abundância da planta alimentícia, espécies perenes de Biscutella, Cruciferae). Na Arrábida o seu desaparecimento é dificil de perceber dado o relativamente rico e bem preservado coberto vegetal mas a planta alimentícia é de facto rara e desenvolve-se maioritariamente nas bermas das estradas. Se pensarmos que a vegetação destas bermas é cortada no periodo máximo de floração e voo das borboletas... é fácil daí depreender que o futuro não é fácil! Ora, o corte em Março-Abril destas bermas é feito sensivelmente desde os anos 70-80...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;As fotos que se seguem foram obtidas em Gibraltar (UK) em Abril 2009.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/Se4ZaKbWg2I/AAAAAAAAARs/VY1j0dxr_EA/s1600-h/Anthocharis-euphenoides1_2_.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327223346492244834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/Se4ZaKbWg2I/AAAAAAAAARs/VY1j0dxr_EA/s400/Anthocharis-euphenoides1_2_.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;Adulto - Amarelo vivo, nas flores onde descansa ao final do dia passa facilmente despercebido.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/Se4Za76AFeI/AAAAAAAAAR0/wKY3DH6t4VA/s1600-h/IMG_2788-Anthocharis-euphenoides_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327223359774135778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/Se4Za76AFeI/AAAAAAAAAR0/wKY3DH6t4VA/s400/IMG_2788-Anthocharis-euphenoides_web.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;Larva - Coloração aposemática indicadora de toxicidade ou camuflagem nas flores amarelas de Biscutella?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/Se4ZbLSn-3I/AAAAAAAAAR8/vec1jMJmSVM/s1600-h/IMG_2848-Anthocharis-euphenoides_pupa_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327223363903945586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/Se4ZbLSn-3I/AAAAAAAAAR8/vec1jMJmSVM/s400/IMG_2848-Anthocharis-euphenoides_pupa_web.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;Pupa - Camuflagem com os talos verdes da planta alimentícia... ou um espinho...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;faltou o ovo...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-2075725731002541009?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/2075725731002541009/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=2075725731002541009&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/2075725731002541009'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/2075725731002541009'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/2009/04/anthocharis-euphenoides.html' title='Anthocharis euphenoides'/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/Se4ZaKbWg2I/AAAAAAAAARs/VY1j0dxr_EA/s72-c/Anthocharis-euphenoides1_2_.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509.post-8640957805146123444</id><published>2009-03-27T23:40:00.003Z</published><updated>2009-03-27T23:56:06.196Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rare Melitaea'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Alentejo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Borboletas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='aetherie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bio-indicator'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='diurna'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beja'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lepidoptera'/><title type='text'>Melitaea aetherie</title><content type='html'>Esta está sem dúvida no top 5 das espécies de borboletas diurnas mais raras em Portugal e na Europa, apresenta colónias apenas no sul de Portugal e SO de Espanha, Marrocos e Sicilia.&lt;br /&gt;No sul de Portugal e Espanha encontra-se seriamente ameaçada pela construção galopante sobre os habitats sensíveis ao longo do litoral e está em iminente extinção. Descoberta recentemente no interior do Alentejo, as novas colónias conhecidas (3) são uma lufada de ar fresco na consevação desta espécie mas a recente proliferação de agricultura super-intensiva do olival pode vir a revelar-se prejudicial para a espécie.&lt;br /&gt;Este ano descobriu-se pela primeira vez em Portugal na fase larvar e aqui represento um dos poucos registos existentes, desde a lagarta de último ínstar até à fase adulta.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/Sc1k6gqS-yI/AAAAAAAAARQ/0dmznn3XshU/s1600-h/Melitaea-aetherie7_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318017691356953378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/Sc1k6gqS-yI/AAAAAAAAARQ/0dmznn3XshU/s400/Melitaea-aetherie7_web.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As lagartas alimentam-se de Cynara cardunculus, (Asteraceae) um cardo de grandes dimensões que se encontra em zonas quentes de todo o país, particularmente sobre solos ligeiramente básicos e é uma vulgar espécie de bordos de culturas no sul de Portugal. Contudo a borboleta é de facto muito localizada e encontra-se seriamente ameaçada, apesar de estar mal conhecida.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/Sc1k69dGQSI/AAAAAAAAARY/94zZjvKQjNU/s1600-h/Melitaea-aetherie5_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318017699086221602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/Sc1k69dGQSI/AAAAAAAAARY/94zZjvKQjNU/s400/Melitaea-aetherie5_web.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Lagarta prestes a pupar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/Sc1k7JJDDHI/AAAAAAAAARg/qPW37Lz8KX0/s1600-h/Melitaea-aetherie_web2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318017702223350898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/Sc1k7JJDDHI/AAAAAAAAARg/qPW37Lz8KX0/s400/Melitaea-aetherie_web2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Pupa&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/Sc1k6M3HZDI/AAAAAAAAARI/SzXlsthanBc/s1600-h/Melitaea-aetherie_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318017686042010674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/Sc1k6M3HZDI/AAAAAAAAARI/SzXlsthanBc/s400/Melitaea-aetherie_web.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Macho adulto&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is undoubtelly on the top 5 of the rarest butterflies in Portugal and Europe with isolated colonies only in south Portugal, SW Spain, Morocco and Sicily. In southern Portugal and Spain it is seriously threatened by fastly increasing urbanisation on sensible habitats where it is to be found along the coasts and it's extinction is imminent.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-8640957805146123444?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/8640957805146123444/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=8640957805146123444&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/8640957805146123444'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/8640957805146123444'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/2009/03/melitaea-aetherie.html' title='Melitaea aetherie'/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/Sc1k6gqS-yI/AAAAAAAAARQ/0dmznn3XshU/s72-c/Melitaea-aetherie7_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509.post-7316450999991661052</id><published>2009-01-27T02:05:00.007Z</published><updated>2009-01-27T19:57:09.602Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Borboletas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hyles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sphingidae'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='euphorbiae'/><title type='text'>Hyles euphorbiae</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;De entre as cerca de 17 espécies da família Sphingidae que estão referenciadas em Portugal, esta é uma das mais conspícuas e frequentemente encontradas. Contudo, a sua distribuição parece ser irregular sendo mais constante nas zonas de maciços calcários onde abundam plantas do género Euphorbia, de que se alimentam as lagartas, particularmente Euphorbia characias.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Os ovos são postos pela fêmea em grupos na ponta das folhas, confundindo-se com o meio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SX9j1YHXqhI/AAAAAAAAAKE/h6fqIyQGzMU/s1600-h/Hyles-euphorbiae_L0_egg_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296061455468571154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SX9j1YHXqhI/AAAAAAAAAKE/h6fqIyQGzMU/s400/Hyles-euphorbiae_L0_egg_web.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p&gt;As lagartas recém-nascidas, de cor negra apressam-se a alimentar-se da casca do ovo, sendo esta a sua primeira refeição antes de o começarem a fazer nas folhas da eufórbia.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296061455228954738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SX9j1XOPaHI/AAAAAAAAAKM/hcM_kOI1JNw/s400/Hyles-euphorbiae_L1_egg_wrb.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;p&gt;Apesar de começarem practicamente inadvertidas para a maioria, estas lagartas vão alterando o seu padrão de coloração ao longo do seu desenvolvimento. Dado que as eufórbias são plantas altamente tóxicas e esta espécie de borboleta aproveita directamente as mesmas substâncias para a sua própria protecção, a sua fase final é bastante colorida apresentando uma combinação de cores aposemática, isto é, que alerta os eventuais predadores da sua toxicidade.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SX9j1dOwiBI/AAAAAAAAAKU/DSVN8qhdj3A/s1600-h/Hyles-euphorbiae_L4web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296061456841738258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SX9j1dOwiBI/AAAAAAAAAKU/DSVN8qhdj3A/s400/Hyles-euphorbiae_L4web.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SX9j1jZ7jWI/AAAAAAAAAKc/Qgp6s_lQI5g/s1600-h/Hyles-euphorbiae_L5_gweb.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296061458499210594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SX9j1jZ7jWI/AAAAAAAAAKc/Qgp6s_lQI5g/s400/Hyles-euphorbiae_L5_gweb.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Por fim, após a fase de pupa no interior da terra, emerge a borboleta adulta, com o perfil aerodinâmico caracteristico das borboletas desta família e ao acasalar, irá reiniciar o ciclo.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SX9mg-SH3yI/AAAAAAAAAK8/F9rAJ2igL60/s1600-h/Hyles-euphorbiae_a_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296064403471851298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SX9mg-SH3yI/AAAAAAAAAK8/F9rAJ2igL60/s400/Hyles-euphorbiae_a_web.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SX9mIR2ZwJI/AAAAAAAAAK0/h5GBonOd-Nw/s1600-h/Hyles-euphorbiae_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296063979227562130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SX9mIR2ZwJI/AAAAAAAAAK0/h5GBonOd-Nw/s400/Hyles-euphorbiae_web.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-7316450999991661052?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/7316450999991661052/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=7316450999991661052&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/7316450999991661052'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/7316450999991661052'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/2009/01/hyles-euphorbiae.html' title='Hyles euphorbiae'/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SX9j1YHXqhI/AAAAAAAAAKE/h6fqIyQGzMU/s72-c/Hyles-euphorbiae_L0_egg_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509.post-3408830933385618293</id><published>2009-01-23T23:49:00.013Z</published><updated>2009-01-24T00:39:38.310Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rare'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cerambycidae'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='endemic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Serra da Estrela'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Coleoptera'/><title type='text'>Iberodorcadion brannani</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;Após uma longa ausência de vários meses por diversos motivos, resolvi reiniciar a publicação aqui no blog onde prometo ser mais assíduo e menos extenso no que escrevo, dando maior privilégio à fotografia. É mais atractivo e simples para todos.&lt;br /&gt;Entretanto soube que o meu modesto blog teve um prémio do meu amigo Ivo Rodrigues (Ver blogues Serra da Adiça e Orquídeas Além-Tejo, mesmo aqui ao lado), o qual agradeço ;-) !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pelos rasgados elogios também agradeço ao meu amigo Humberto Grácio pela mensagem que escreveu no dia 15 Janeiro 2009 no seu blog pessoal (também aqui ao lado). Sem vocês o conhecimento do mundo natural neste cantinho da Europa não avançava com o rigor e ritmo que verificamos actualmente. Eu e os nossos descendentes agradecemos!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Recomeço então com a apresentação de uma espécie de escaravelho da família Cerambycidae endémica de Portugal:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Iberodorcadion brannani&lt;/em&gt; (Schaufuss, 1870) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294653200493406066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SXpjCJhLZ3I/AAAAAAAAAIs/Sel8NA8wTVo/s320/Iberodorcadion-brannani_w.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;Esta espécie é endémica do maciço central da Serra da Estrela onde apenas ocorre acima dos 1200m de altitude. É um pequeno escaravelho terrestre encontrado debaixo de pedras e caminhando nos prados pedregosos entre os zimbros e os piornos.&lt;br /&gt;Algo dificil de fotografar pela sua cor negra, é uma componente importante que interessa preservar, dado que pela sua reduzida área de distribuição mundial e ameaças (alterações climáticas, destruição de habitat, etc) se encontra em risco.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294652849622847698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SXpitubHkNI/AAAAAAAAAIk/xPTdVzIwYaI/s320/estrela3_web.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-3408830933385618293?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/3408830933385618293/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=3408830933385618293&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/3408830933385618293'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/3408830933385618293'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/2009/01/iberodorcadion-brannani.html' title='Iberodorcadion brannani'/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SXpjCJhLZ3I/AAAAAAAAAIs/Sel8NA8wTVo/s72-c/Iberodorcadion-brannani_w.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509.post-8781646864465445629</id><published>2008-09-06T01:00:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2008-09-06T01:26:00.313+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rare'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ferreira'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Alentejo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Borboletas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='diurna'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='abencerragus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beja'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lusoborboletas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lepidoptera'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pseudophilotes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lycaenidae'/><title type='text'>Lep Series 3 - Pseudophilotes abencerragus</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SMHMyihlDZI/AAAAAAAAAFw/E7oORcdLSyQ/s1600-h/Pseudophilotes-abencerragus_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242696609869139346" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SMHMyihlDZI/AAAAAAAAAFw/E7oORcdLSyQ/s320/Pseudophilotes-abencerragus_web.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SMHNAGec5LI/AAAAAAAAAF4/w8DQCNFtXW0/s1600-h/Pseudophilotes-abencerragus.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242696842857997490" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SMHNAGec5LI/AAAAAAAAAF4/w8DQCNFtXW0/s320/Pseudophilotes-abencerragus.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pseudophilotes abencerragus is one of the smallest butterflies in the world. This liliputian butterfly is as small as it is rare, found only in very few places in Portugal, Spain and Morocco where its colonies are very local and butterflies fly in rocky places with sparse vegetation, which constitutes their habitat.&lt;br /&gt;This is a highly stenochorous species as they fly around the foodplants and little more, not going much further than a couple of meters away.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Portugal this rare species is to be found mostly in the Algarve, with scattered populations elsewhere. Their caterpillars feed only on the smalish Cleonia lusitanica, from the rosemary family.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242696074991620450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SMHMTZ810WI/AAAAAAAAAFo/Tp1a3UErXEY/s320/Cleonia-lusitanica_web.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This was photographed in Baixo Alentejo, Portugal, in a newly discovered colony, found only last year.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-8781646864465445629?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/8781646864465445629/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=8781646864465445629&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/8781646864465445629'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/8781646864465445629'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/2008/09/lep-series-3-pseudophilotes.html' title='Lep Series 3 - Pseudophilotes abencerragus'/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SMHMyihlDZI/AAAAAAAAAFw/E7oORcdLSyQ/s72-c/Pseudophilotes-abencerragus_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509.post-8500148823750800640</id><published>2008-09-03T12:51:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2008-09-03T16:57:57.635+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rare'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Borboletas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='diurna'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lycaena'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lepidoptera'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bleusei'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lycaenidae'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Estrela'/><title type='text'>Lep Series 2 - Lycaena bleusei</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SL57hG1UfSI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/CCl4OWDQiYU/s1600-h/Lycaena+bleusei.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241762825005989154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SL57hG1UfSI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/CCl4OWDQiYU/s320/Lycaena+bleusei.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;This is Lycaena bleusei (Lycaenidae, Lycaeninae), a small butterfly with an equally restrict distribution range in the centre of the Iberian Península.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;Here, it is to be found in and around the central mountain System from the spanish Sierra de Guadarrama westwards to the portuguese Serra da Estrela and Serra da Gardunha, with some populations to the south in nearby mountain ranges.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;This species in Portugal inhabits mountain pastures, forest edges and flowery meadows above 700-800m in the mountain system going from Serra da Malcata to Serra da Estrela and Gardunha although new colonies are expected to be discovered in the next years.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;H&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;owever, its distribution isn't exactly known due to the presence in the northern third of the country, of its sister species L. tityrus which is very similar and they were considered conspecific until very recently and we still don't know where ends tityrus and starts bleusei.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;The caterpillars feed on docks (Rumex sp.) which are to be found in moist or wet conditions which are favoured by the butterfly too.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;The other species of the genus in Portugal include the widespread and common L. phlaeas, the mountain species L. alciphron, the sister species L. tityrus to the north and the high mountain and very rare Lycaena virgaureae, in the extreme north of the country.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;Picture taken in the Glacier Valley of the river Zêzere, Serra da Estrela, one of the strongholds of the species.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241779803466911090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SL6K9Yh2TXI/AAAAAAAAAFY/S_qd-wpBffY/s320/Vale-Glaciario-Zezere_web.jpg" border="0" /&gt; ---&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;Esta é a Lycaena bleusei (Lycaenidae, Lycaeninae), uma pequena borboleta com uma igualmente restrita área de distribuição no centro da Península Ibérica.&lt;br /&gt;Aqui poderá ser encontrada apenas no Sistema Central Ibérico e nas zonas em volta desde a espanhola Sierra de Guadarrama para oeste até à Serra da Estrela e Serra da Gardunha, com algumas populações a sul nos sistemas montanhosos próximos.&lt;br /&gt;Em Portugal a L. bleusei habita pastos de montanha, orlas de florestas e prados floridos acima doa 700-800m no sistema montanhoso que vai desde a Serra da Malcata até à Serra da Estrela e Gardunha apesar de ser esperada a descoberta de novas colónias nos próximos anos.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;Contudo, a sua distribuição não é muito bem conhecida devido à presença um pouco mais a norte de uma espécie gémea, a L. tityrus, muito similar e com os mesmo hábitos e ecologia tendo até muito recentmeente sido consideradas como pertencendo à mesma espécie e ainda não se sabe onde acaba a tityrus e começa bleusei.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;As lagartas alimentam-se de azedas (Rumex sp.) que são normalmente encontradas em zonas húmidas, zonas também favorecidas por estas borboletas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;Outras espécies neste género incluem a comum e largamente distribuida L. phlaeas, a espécie de montanha L. alciphron, a supracitada L. tityrus para norte e a rara espécie de alta montanha Lycaena virgaureae, no extremo nordeste do país.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;Fotografia tirada no Vale Glaciário do Rio Zêzere, Serra da Estrela, um dos locais onde a espécie é encontrada mais frequentemente.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-8500148823750800640?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/8500148823750800640/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=8500148823750800640&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/8500148823750800640'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/8500148823750800640'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/2008/09/lep-series-2-lycaena-bleusei.html' title='Lep Series 2 - Lycaena bleusei'/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SL57hG1UfSI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/CCl4OWDQiYU/s72-c/Lycaena+bleusei.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509.post-294428313541819398</id><published>2008-08-31T19:13:00.010+01:00</published><updated>2008-09-06T01:27:27.607+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Satyrium'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Borboletas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='diurna'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lepidoptera'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spini'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lycaenidae'/><title type='text'>Lep Series 1 - Satyrium spini</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SLr-ToUVbVI/AAAAAAAAAEo/O1_UrmNpP7o/s1600-h/Satyrium-spini2_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240780729592671570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SLr-ToUVbVI/AAAAAAAAAEo/O1_UrmNpP7o/s320/Satyrium-spini2_web.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;Hi all,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;I start this Lepidoptera series which will be dedicated to the Lycaenidae family for awhile, with a widespread species in Portugal (and the rest of Europe): Satyrium spini (fam. Lycaenidae, Theclinae)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;Found usually in hedges, sparse forests and dense mediterranean scrubland, I believe this species has somewhat shrunk its distribution are in Portugal due to the loss of habitat to Eucaliptus plantations and the use of herbicides in paths and along tracks.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;The caterpillars feed on shrubs like Crataegus monogyna and especially Rhamnus species and are fairly well limited to areas where they occur.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;There are two other species in the genus in Portugal: Satyrium ilicis and S. esculi.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;--&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;Começo esta série de imagens de borboletas com uma espécie largamente distribuida em Portugal (e no resto da Europa): Satyrium spini (fam. Lycaenidae, Theclinae).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Encontrada usualmente ao longo de sebes, florestas abertas e clareiras ou em matagal mediterrânico denso, é provável que esta espécie tenha visto a sua área de ocorrência encolher um pouco pela perda de habitat para plantações de Eucalipto e de oliveira e o uso de herbicidas ao longo de caminhos e estradas. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As lagartas alimentam-se de arbustos e pequenas árvores como o pilriteiro (Crataegus monogyna) e especialmente espinheiros (Rhamnus spp.) estando mais ou menos limitada pela ocorrência de alguma destas espécies.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;Em Portugal podemos encontrar duas outras espécies no mesmo género: Satyrium ilicis e S. esculi.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;Fotografada no alto da Serra de Ficalho (Serpa, Baixo Alentejo, Portugal), uma nova localidade para a espécie!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-294428313541819398?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/294428313541819398/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=294428313541819398&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/294428313541819398'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/294428313541819398'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/2008/08/lep-series-1-satyrium-spini.html' title='Lep Series 1 - Satyrium spini'/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SLr-ToUVbVI/AAAAAAAAAEo/O1_UrmNpP7o/s72-c/Satyrium-spini2_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509.post-1869120314237691412</id><published>2008-07-18T00:04:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2008-07-18T00:13:07.393+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='borboletas Noite Europeia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='evento'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NEB'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EMN'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lusoborboletas'/><title type='text'>V European Moth Nights - Noites Europeias das Borboletas Nocturnas</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SH_RDF8lV1I/AAAAAAAAAEg/sxDm49r2l8A/s1600-h/emn-logo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224123943839160146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SH_RDF8lV1I/AAAAAAAAAEg/sxDm49r2l8A/s320/emn-logo.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;Este ano assim como nos últimos 4, vão-se realizar as Noites Europeias das Borboletas Nocturnas (NEB), este ano entre 24 e 28 de Julho 2008.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;É um projecto internacional onde se pretende averiguar que espécies de borboletas nocturnas voam numa determinada época do ano num determinado local no maior número possível de países do espaço europeu!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;Tem tido um enorme sucesso e é uma oportunidade excelente para abordar a biodiversidade, a necessidade na sua conservação e o declínio que tem sofrido!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;Este projecto é de carácter voluntário e qualquer pessoa pode participar, desde que siga os passos sugeridos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;A ideia básica é que qualquer pessoa (não precisa ser especialista) pode ir para o campo e através de diversas técnicas que existem para atraír borboletas nocturnas pode participar voluntariamente! Como nem todos são especialistas, basta fotografar as borboletas que aparecem e enviar-me que prontamente as identificarei, desde que tal seja possível.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;Faça parte deste projecto grandioso, conheça a sua biodiversidade e ajude a conservá-la!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;Mais informações, que vão sendo permanentemente actualizadas em &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lusoborboletas.org/EMN.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc00;"&gt;www.lusoborboletas.org/EMN.htm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-1869120314237691412?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/1869120314237691412/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=1869120314237691412&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/1869120314237691412'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/1869120314237691412'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/2008/07/v-european-moth-nights-noites-europeias.html' title='V European Moth Nights - Noites Europeias das Borboletas Nocturnas'/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SH_RDF8lV1I/AAAAAAAAAEg/sxDm49r2l8A/s72-c/emn-logo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509.post-7587143067708998567</id><published>2008-06-03T16:07:00.023+01:00</published><updated>2008-06-04T14:06:37.624+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zygaena'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Diversity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Borboletas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Moths'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lepidoptera'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Burnet-moths'/><title type='text'>The Burnet-Moth World is Red and Black: Warning!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#33ccff;"&gt;Conversely to what is usually stated, only about a half of moth species are drab coloured and certainly only a handful of the around 200 000 species worldwide will eat your clothes!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33ccff;"&gt;Although one tend to associate bright coloured insects to the moist and hot tropical rainforests, or places around the equator, most people living in temperate or colder areas would be surprised with the variety of forms and colours moths may show. If you're in the Palaearctic Region (Europe, North Africa and Asia) one of the most conspicuous group of brightly coloured and interesting moth groups you're likely to come across is the Burnet-Moths (genus Zygaena of family Zygaenidae), so called because they are red and black (or blue) small day-flying little moths. Indeed, they have such startling colouration (called aposematic) to warn predators of their toxicity as they are known to have cyanogenic compounds in their hemolymph. (So... please if you see one and are hungry remember its something you'll only eat once!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33ccff;"&gt;Anyway, the Mediterranean area is especially rich in these moths and in Portugal there are eight species in the genus Zygaena. While most are very local, some are common meadow moths easily seen in the countryside.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;---&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;Contrariamente ao que é de senso comum, apenas cerca de metade das espécies de borboletas nocturnas têm cores escuras e sombrias e certamente apenas uma duzia das cerca de 200 000 especies em todo o Mundo irá alimentar-se das nossas roupas e tecidos!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;Apesar de normalmente os insectos coloridos serem associados às húmidas e quentes florestas tropicais ou outros lugares perto do equador, a maioria das pessoas que vive em zonas temperadas ou mais frias iria ficar surpreendida com a variedade de formas e cores que muitas borboletas nocturnas apresentam. Se está na região Paleartica (Europa, Norte de África ou Asia) um dos grupos de borboletas mais conspícuas e coloridas que verá mais provavelmente é o das Zygaenas (familia Zygaenidae, genero Zygaena), pequenas borboletas habitualmente de coloração vermelho-vivo e preto ou azul e que voam de dia nos campos. De facto, elas têm tal coloração (denominada aposemática) com o objectivo de alertar os predadores para a sua toxicidade dado que produzem substâncias cianogénicas (derivadas de compostos de cianeto). Por favor, se um dia estiver no campo com fome e vir uma borboleta destas... pense que é algo que só comerá uma vez!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;Seja como for, a região Mediterrânica é especialmente rica em espécies deste grupo e em Portugal existem oito espécies no género Zygaena. Apesar da maioria ter uma distribuição muito localizada, algumas são relativamente comuns, facilmente observáveis no campo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Zygaena trifolii&lt;/em&gt; (Esper, 1783)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;Parque Natural Montesinho&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SEWqaUgrTNI/AAAAAAAAAC4/Phu54GO1x8Y/s1600-h/trifolii_a2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207755913282931922" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SEWqaUgrTNI/AAAAAAAAAC4/Phu54GO1x8Y/s320/trifolii_a2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SEWtgEgrTPI/AAAAAAAAADI/1uI6ZNJOuPY/s1600-h/trifolii_a3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207759310602063090" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SEWtgEgrTPI/AAAAAAAAADI/1uI6ZNJOuPY/s320/trifolii_a3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SEWtgEgrTQI/AAAAAAAAADQ/gXqN5TceNQ0/s1600-h/trifolii_a5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207759310602063106" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SEWtgEgrTQI/AAAAAAAAADQ/gXqN5TceNQ0/s320/trifolii_a5.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Zygaena rhadamanthus guichardi&lt;/em&gt; Naumann &amp;amp; Tremewan, 1991&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;(Portuguese endemic!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;Parque Natural Sudoeste Alentejano &amp;amp; Costa Vicentina&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SEWtgEgrTRI/AAAAAAAAADY/_VxTq4CxKBo/s1600-h/rhadamanthus_a1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207759310602063122" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SEWtgEgrTRI/AAAAAAAAADY/_VxTq4CxKBo/s320/rhadamanthus_a1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SEWtgUgrTSI/AAAAAAAAADg/Y0nDuYiyJzw/s1600-h/rhadamanthus_a4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207759314897030434" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SEWtgUgrTSI/AAAAAAAAADg/Y0nDuYiyJzw/s320/rhadamanthus_a4.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SEWtgUgrTTI/AAAAAAAAADo/d94O1rRj95U/s1600-h/rhadamanthus_a5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207759314897030450" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SEWtgUgrTTI/AAAAAAAAADo/d94O1rRj95U/s320/rhadamanthus_a5.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Zygaena fausta faustina&lt;/em&gt; (Ochsenheimer, 1808)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;Algarve&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SEWulUgrTUI/AAAAAAAAADw/ZxhO4jgcB88/s1600-h/fausta_a1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207760500308004162" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SEWulUgrTUI/AAAAAAAAADw/ZxhO4jgcB88/s320/fausta_a1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SEWulUgrTVI/AAAAAAAAAD4/OYZis1UaZWA/s1600-h/fausta_a4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207760500308004178" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SEWulUgrTVI/AAAAAAAAAD4/OYZis1UaZWA/s320/fausta_a4.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SEWulkgrTWI/AAAAAAAAAEA/j6-usSZdYHQ/s1600-h/fausta_a5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207760504602971490" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SEWulkgrTWI/AAAAAAAAAEA/j6-usSZdYHQ/s320/fausta_a5.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Zygaena sarpedon&lt;/em&gt; (Hübner, 1790)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;Baixo Alentejo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SEWul0grTXI/AAAAAAAAAEI/SBzxvNiS6HA/s1600-h/sarpedon_a1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207760508897938802" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SEWul0grTXI/AAAAAAAAAEI/SBzxvNiS6HA/s320/sarpedon_a1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SEWul0grTYI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/2V97gFMyzEY/s1600-h/sarpedon_a2.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SEWul0grTYI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/2V97gFMyzEY/s1600-h/sarpedon_a2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207760508897938818" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SEWul0grTYI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/2V97gFMyzEY/s320/sarpedon_a2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SEWva0grTZI/AAAAAAAAAEY/hEVXsx_PM2M/s1600-h/sarpedon_a3.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SEWva0grTZI/AAAAAAAAAEY/hEVXsx_PM2M/s1600-h/sarpedon_a3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207761419431005586" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SEWva0grTZI/AAAAAAAAAEY/hEVXsx_PM2M/s320/sarpedon_a3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-7587143067708998567?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/7587143067708998567/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=7587143067708998567&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/7587143067708998567'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/7587143067708998567'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/2008/06/burnet-moth-world-is-red-and-black.html' title='The Burnet-Moth World is Red and Black: Warning!'/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SEWqaUgrTNI/AAAAAAAAAC4/Phu54GO1x8Y/s72-c/trifolii_a2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509.post-5720455301535124657</id><published>2008-04-30T03:51:00.013+01:00</published><updated>2008-04-30T04:23:46.557+01:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>"They're there in their swarming multitudes. Millions upon millions of tiny creatures which we rarely observe and even more rarely consider. In large part we ignore them. Most are too small to be seen unaided and those large enough to be visible usually find ways to hide or deceive us."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;David Attemborough - &lt;em&gt;Life in the Undergrowth &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SBfhoYLQfAI/AAAAAAAAAA0/NUdDegczuBc/s1600-h/Euphydryas-aurinia1_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194868778995842050" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SBfhoYLQfAI/AAAAAAAAAA0/NUdDegczuBc/s320/Euphydryas-aurinia1_web.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Euphydryas aurinia&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Caterpillars are gregarious and form masses like this before speading to pupate, alone and then transform into butterflies.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SBfiMYLQfBI/AAAAAAAAAA8/mkc41wj-TLY/s1600-h/Trichiura_castilliana_SMont.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194869397471132690" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SBfiMYLQfBI/AAAAAAAAAA8/mkc41wj-TLY/s320/Trichiura_castilliana_SMont.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Trichiura castiliana.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Moths are often misunderstood and ignored by many. However, not very different from loved butterflies they come in a variety of forms and habits, shapes and patterns.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-5720455301535124657?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/5720455301535124657/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=5720455301535124657&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/5720455301535124657'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/5720455301535124657'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/2008/04/euphydryas-aurinia-caterpillars-are.html' title=''/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SBfhoYLQfAI/AAAAAAAAAA0/NUdDegczuBc/s72-c/Euphydryas-aurinia1_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831969363462261509.post-4695756187469577691</id><published>2008-04-29T19:27:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2008-04-29T20:11:18.413+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Intro hello Eduardo Marabuto'/><title type='text'>Starting point</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SBdwgYLQe7I/AAAAAAAAAAM/FlmHemO4lkg/s1600-h/Laguna+de+Sanabria_.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194744396742949810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 394px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 292px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="265" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SBdwgYLQe7I/AAAAAAAAAAM/FlmHemO4lkg/s320/Laguna+de+Sanabria_.JPG" width="365" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hi all,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Olá a todos,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;My name is Eduardo Marabuto and I'm a young biologist from Portugal with a special interest in Conservation Biology and Ecology using a model group of organisms as are butterflies and moths (Order Lepidoptera), which are my main interest.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;Chamo-me Eduardo Marabuto e sou um jovem biólogo português com um interesse especial em Biologia da Conservação e Ecologia usando um grupo modelo de organismos como são as borboletas (diurnas e nocturnas) (Ordem Lepidoptera), que são o meu interesse principal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I've always enjoyed myself among the fantastic and incredible complexity Nature has to offer and despite the depletion by our species, many places and ecosystems still preserve some of their primeval beauty from plants to mammals, microorganisms and insects.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;Desde sempre que gosto de estar perante a fantástica e incrível complexidade que a Natureza nos oferece e apesar da destruição e redução da mesma por parte da nossa própria espécie, ainda se podem encontrar alguns lugares e ecossistemas que preservam alguma da sua beleza promordial desde plantas a mamiferos, microrganismos e insectos.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Though my madness about Nature started in me very early in my life, only when I was bought a camera could this interest bloom and I now use Nature Photography in order to document my work and to show others the beauties of Nature.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;Apesar da minha fixação na Natureza começou muito cedo em mim, somente quando me compraram uma máquina pôde este interesse espressar-se completamente e agora uso a fotografia de Natureza para documentar o meu trabalho e para mostrar aos outros as multiplas facetas da Natureza.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;With this blog I pretend to show you all some of the beauties we can find mainly in the over-populated and over-developed corner of southwestern Portugal but also in other parts of the world where I travel to in search of Butterflies and Moths.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;Com este blog pretendo mostrar a todos algumas das belezas que ainda podemos encontrar, principalmente no demasiado povoado cando sudoeste da Europa chamado Portugal mas também noutros lugares deste mundo por que vou passando enquanto observo e estudo as Borboletas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hope you stay around!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;Espero que fiquem por cá!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Eduardo&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6831969363462261509-4695756187469577691?l=eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/feeds/4695756187469577691/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6831969363462261509&amp;postID=4695756187469577691&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/4695756187469577691'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6831969363462261509/posts/default/4695756187469577691'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eduardomarabutonature.blogspot.com/2008/04/starting-point.html' title='Starting point'/><author><name>Eduardo Marabuto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13857926916372314210</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SY5YrpPRhjI/AAAAAAAAANA/ZUJqCvE_jXc/S220/edu1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z8SgTy2HP9g/SBdwgYLQe7I/AAAAAAAAAAM/FlmHemO4lkg/s72-c/Laguna+de+Sanabria_.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry></feed>
