[tn-moths] Re: Kris' crazy critter!
- From: kjchilds <kjchilds@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tn-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tn-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 14:06:39 -0700 (PDT)
That pseudoscorpion is a very cool find!
I just updated my not-moths page. Some larger beetles are starting to show up.
http://s128.photobucket.com/albums/p193/kjchilds/Creatures%20of%20the%20Night/?start=all
Ken Childs
Henderson, TN
Chester County
http://www.finishflagfarms.com
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>From: "klight10@xxxxxxxxxxx" <klight10@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: tn-moths-bounce TN Moth Group <tn-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 12:56 PM
>Subject: [tn-moths] Kris' crazy critter!
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>Here is the crazy critter I mentioned in an earlier email. I noticed something
>very tiny (~3mm) crawling near the blacklight. When I zoomed in on it with my
>macro lens I couldn't believe my eyes... it had little pinchers like a
>scorpion! I snapped some photos and enlarged them on the LCD screen so I could
>count the legs. It had 8 legs like a scorpion, but no stinger on the "tail". I
>figured the only thing it could be was a pseudoscorpion, so I ran in and typed
>that into the search box on Bugguide. Sure enough, that's what it was. I had
>seen them in books, but I didn't know they were so small. They don't have
>wings, so I had wondered how it got on the sheet. I was amazed to read that
>they hitch a ride on larger insects, especially longhorn beetles. There had
>been one of them on the sheet earlier, so I guess that was its "taxi". And I
>thought the mantisfly I saw last year was strange! My sheet has 20 threads per
>inch, so that will give a bit of
scale to this little creature.
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>I'm hoping to get some more "moth converts" when I do the Moth-er's Night Out
>at the UT Arboretum in Oak Ridge on May 21 at 7:30 PM. That was how Diana got
>hooked last year! For those of you in the Oak Ridge / Knoxville area, tell
>your friends about it. I'd also love to have any of you who could come with a
>sheet, blacklight, extension cord and moth ID knowledge! :) We found
>approximately 30 different species last year, I hope to see more this year.
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>Yesterday I was at Frozen Head SP in Morgan Co. on an elementary school field
>trip. The kids were delighted to see a couple of Luna moths and what I think
>is 6838 B – Probole amicaria – Friendly Probole Moth 5-9-11 I'm attaching a
>photo, it is a lousy shot, but maybe good enough to ID it. So, that will be a
>couple of moths to add to Morgan Co.
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>Mother's Day turned out to be a great Moth-er's Night! I need to tabulate my
>sightings from that night, I saw lots of different moths.
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>Kris Light
>Oak Ridge, TN
>Anderson Co.
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