[tn-moths] Re: FOY Blount Co and more
- From: Rikki Hall <sourpersimmon@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 20:02:57 -0400
Hi Doug,
That's a trick of the light, but those gynandromorph photos are cool. I'm
glad you shared them. It's hard to say whether the malformed wing is a
genetic issue or just the misfortune of something getting in the way while
it was pumping up the wings. I've seen cicadas that fell to the ground as
they emerged from their shell and wound up with a bent wing.
Rikki
On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 6:43 PM, Doug Bruce <s137@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Rikki,
>
> In the photo, the forewings look substantially different from each other.
> Is that just a trick of light and shadow, or is it real?
>
> Your photo brings to mind some of the spectacular photos of bilateral
> gynandromorphism that James Adams has displayed on his website (not that I'm
> saying that's the case here, necessarily).
>
> http://www.daltonstate.edu/galeps/Gynandromorphs.htm
>
> Doug Bruce
> Oak Ridge, TN
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Rikki Hall <sourpersimmon@xxxxxxxxx>
> *To:* tn-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Sent:* Monday, April 05, 2010 11:08 AM
> *Subject:* [tn-moths] FOY Blount Co and more
>
> Also notable is a likely Melanolophia signataria with a malformed right
> hindwing <http://www.bluemelon.com/photo/12194/487271.jpg>. Looking at it
> with the naked eye, I thought it had been damaged by a bird, but it's clear
> from the photo that the wing did not unfold properly.
>
>
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