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" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2008/01/01 Tue AM 08:22:02 GMT > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > 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 <[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. >
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