The fruit eaters don't really impinge on my world much. I think it's a sad thing that we can't stake the little blood suckers like proper vampires.. (The fact that the its only females suck the blood is only a bit ironic based on some of the women I've known, but without males the females wouldn't need too).
mike wilson wrote: > 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. >> >> > > > ----------------------------------------- > Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam > > > -- 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.
