New England Buck Moth

[Wagner, David]

Hi all,

I just received this request from an entomologist in California.  If anyone stumbles over some New England Buck Moth larvae Jeff could use a few.

Cheers



-----Original Message-----
From: jhonda at email.sjsu.edu [mailto:jhonda at email.sjsu.edu] 
Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2010 5:40 PM
To: Wagner, David
Subject: 



Dear Dr. Wagner,
 
Your name was passed on to me as someone who may provide some help on a 
possible project I'm trying to get off the ground with some undergrad/graduate 
students.
 
I'm running a course on ecological molecular methods and the students learn how 
to develop microsatellites throughout the course. Graduate students have to do 
a group project and isolate their own microsats on an organism of their choice
(plants or animals). Some students and I were interested in looking at the 
Hemileuca maia and H. electra complexes and I'm writing you to see if you could 
possibly collect some H. lucina. Fresh adults are preferred, but frozen 
specimens proabably will work fine. I just talked with my friend Steve 
McElfresh at UCR who worked on this group. He may have a Hemileuca lure to 
attract males if you need one.
 
I've contacted all the major entomology societies in New England and haven't 
heard back yet, so I'd be grateful if you could help. Also, I try to get out in 
the field as much as possible so if you need anything on the West Coast please 
let me know.
 
Best,
 
Jeff Honda
Professor and Entomologist
Dept. of Biological Sciences
San Jose State University
One Washington Square
San Jose, CA  95192-0100