something kinda neato :)
Pierre A Plauzoles
sphinxangelorum at bigfoot.com
Mon Nov 12 22:17:45 EST 2001
Elisa Collins wrote:
> While in the upper peninsula of Michigan a few weeks ago checking out the
> spread of beech bark disease and hoping to find specimens for my collection
> despite the fact that it was snowing, I came across an odd little "thing".
> Being without a jar, I grabbed it (didn't put up much of a fight...'twas
> cold) and ran over to the grad student who seemed willing to put all my
> stuff in her little vial. She had no clue what it was so took it to a prof
> when we got back. She had keyed it out to be a rare trichoptera, but lo and
> behold it was a lep (Geometridae). So until today, I had no idea wingless
> leps existed. If anyone wants to see it I can try to get my hands on a
> digital camera this weekend. Unfortunately the prof who (mis)identified (as
> a Pyralidae) it wants to keep it so i only get it until my collection is
> graded. :(
Good grief! Please be careful what you "grab" out in the field: there are such
"nasties" as limacodids -- and you definitely don't want to touch those
critters!!!
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