Entomological help needed

[mike wilson]

Not all mosquitos are biters.  Even of the species that are, it's only the females.  You have to stop judging things by appearance.
> 
> From: "P. J. Alling" <webster26 at mindspring.com>
> Date: 2008/01/01 Tue AM 08:22:02 GMT
> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml at pdml.net>
> Subject: Re: Entomological help needed
> 
> 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:
> >   
> >> Mark Roberts wrote:
> >>
> >>     
> >>> "positive identification can only be achieved through 
> >>> dissection of the male genitalia",
> >>>       
> >> 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?
> >>     
> >
> > 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....
> >
> >
> >   
> >> Mark Roberts wrote:
> >>
> >>     
> >>> mike wilson wrote:
> >>>
> >>>  
> >>>
> >>>       
> >>>>> From: Mark Roberts <msroberts01 at ysu.edu>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Can anyone help ID this fella?
> >>>>> http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7d703021_Moth.jpg
> >>>>>      
> >>>>>           
> >>>> 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.
> >>>>    
> >>>>         
> >>> A list lurker sent me this link:
> >>> http://www.toledo-bend.us/enlarge.shtml?caption=Silver-Spotted+Skipper+Butterfly&pic=gallery/skippers/IMG_40911w
> >>>
> >>> Looks like my skipper.
> >>>
> >>> 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).
> >>>
> >>> Oh yes: K10D and 16-50 f/2.8
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>  
> >>>       
> >>
> >>     
> >
> >
> >   
> 
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