mystery moths
Gary Anweiler
gganweiler at sprint.ca
Sun Aug 15 14:57:00 EDT 1999
As someone already mentioned, this phenomena of noctuids migrating uphill
to aestivate and feed grizzly bears has been in the press the last year or
two.
If I recall correctly, the main species is Euxoa auxiliaris, with several
other Euxoa sp. also involved.
As to how they get in - it would not take a very big space. The similarly
sized Spaelotis clandestina up here like to appear inside, and watching one
excape from a closed fist shows how small a gap is needed !!!
Gary Anweiler, Edmonton, AB. Canada
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