anybody knows this species?

[Jonathan Sylvestre]

Hi Doug,

Well... IM not sure... I was talking about Galleria mellonella but now IM 
not sure not sure...  I joint the photo of my specimen... can you tell me if 
its Galleria mellonella ?

or is it  Aphomia sociella like the specimen on the Stefan's photo ???  My 
species look very much like the one on the photo...



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Yanega" <dyanega at ucr.edu>
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Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 9:10 PM
Subject: Re: anybody knows this species?


> >Yes I know this species !
>>
>>This is a Pyralidae and the caterpillar live in wasp nest (or bee nest 
>>??)...  ! I don't remember its name but I'll take a look in my data 
>>because I have one specimens in my collection.
>
> You mean Galleria mellonella?
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