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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> >>>>> 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > -- I am personally a member of the Cream of the Illuminati. A union with the Bavarian Illuminati is contemplated. When it is complete the Bavarian Cream Illuminati will rule the world -- Anonymous -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
