Entomological help needed

[P. J. Alling]

I prefer the simple Kill the damned things, method with mosquitoes.  I 
expect there's little to dissect when you smash them.

mike wilson wrote:
> P. J. Alling wrote:
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>> Mark Roberts wrote:
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>>> "positive identification can only be achieved through 
>>> dissection of the male genitalia",
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>> Which the skipper would thank you for, if it were aware.
>> (which brings up two questions, where would you get the tiny scalpel, 
>> and would you use tweezers to manipulate it?
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> Moth genitalia are easy, compared to dissecting out the mouthparts of 
> Chironimidae mosquito larvae.  It's a difficult job but someone has to 
> do it....
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>> Mark Roberts wrote:
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>>> mike wilson wrote:
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>>>>> From: Mark Roberts <msroberts01 at ysu.edu>
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>>>>> Can anyone help ID this fella?
>>>>> http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7d703021_Moth.jpg
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>>>> as already mentioned this is a Skipper butterfly, shown by the bend 
>>>> just before the club of the antennae. Excellent work to get such a 
>>>> good picture of one - these are usually as active as a caffiened-up 
>>>> Jack Russell. But they are notoriously difficult to identify. Good luck.
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>>> A list lurker sent me this link:
>>> http://www.toledo-bend.us/enlarge.shtml?caption=Silver-Spotted+Skipper+Butterfly&pic=gallery/skippers/IMG_40911w
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>>> Looks like my skipper.
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>>> At least, that's what I'm going to call it. One web site I went to 
>>> noted that "positive identification can only be achieved through 
>>> dissection of the male genitalia", which is significantly more 
>>> involvement than I care for simply to get a photo caption (even though 
>>> I did have a pathologist with me when I got this shot).
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>>> Oh yes: K10D and 16-50 f/2.8
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