Nice site, DJ, thanks for sharing it with the group. I think the more sites we can share with each other, the better! The moth websites have been invaluable to me! I've bookmarked yours along with several others. I was at the UT Arboretum with David and Audrey today staking out the areas where we will put the sheets for the Moth-er's Night Out (July 31). Noah Charney, the co-author of "Tracks and Sign of Insects and Other Invertebrates" came with us after his presentation at the American Museum of Science and Energy. What a treat it was to take a walk through the woods with an expert tracker! He really opened our eyes to the things 99.9% of people would never notice--- dragonfly egg masses on aquatic iris leaves, a rice grain-sized cocoon, a parasitized sphinx moth caterpillar, etc. We saw a defoliated Alternate-leaf Dogwood tree and noticed lots of shed larval skins left on the twigs. We then noticed some curled fuzzy white larvae on the under side of some remaining leaves. We assumed the larvae had been infected with a type of fungus. They seemed to be sawfly larvae since they had too many prolegs to be caterpillars. Later, after everyone had left, I went back out to get some shots with my macro lens. I noticed that one of the larvae was shedding the fuzzy, white skin to reveal smooth, yellow and black skin. When I looked them up on the internet tonight the mystery was finally solved, they were Dogwood Sawfly larvae, a serious pest in some areas. Here is the site that explains about them: http://oregonstate.edu/dept/nurspest/Images/insects/dogwood%2520sawfly%2520larva%2520white.jpg&imgrefurl (that looks awfully long, I hope it works!) I'm attaching a couple of photos of the larvae, so you'll recognize them if you ever run across them in the woods. Last night I had an interesting "true bug" come to my sheet. It was an Eastern Blood-sucking Conenose! I'm glad I didn't try to touch it, my guidebook says they can inflict a painful bite and cause serious reactions in people! A relative, the Kissing Bug, transmits "kissing disease". I'll be updating the Anderson Co. moth list soon. Kris Light ----- Original Message ----- From: "DJ Stanley" <stanleydj@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: tn-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2010 7:48:10 PM Subject: [tn-moths] Web Site http://moths.weebly.com/ I have spent an hour or two loading another 75+ pictures to my website. Hope it helps someone.
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