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a wingless female geometrid moth _Alsophila pometaria_ Fall cankerworm. Male has wings, female wingless. _ _On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:01:50 -0500, Cindi Verser wrote: > This is a message from the Museumpests List. > To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net > To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Anyone have an idea or a best guess on an identification for this little guy or gal? > > I found three of these bugs on a statue in our courtyard yesterday. One was busy laying eggs that appeared to be black or a very dark grey color. It is about ½ inch long and when you view it sideways, it is somewhat cocoon shaped. No variations in size or color among the three bugs. They are light grey on the underside and they don't appear to be able to fly. (Or didn't seem too inclined to do so in the 55 degree temperature we experienced here in Virginia yesterday) When I attempted to scoop one up with a piece of paper, it rolled to one side and acted like it was dead. This lasted only 15 seconds or so until I guess it felt secure enough to move again. I haven't been able to match it up to any bug guides. Could it be a fairly common bug in a life cycle stage that isn't pictured in the guides? > > CYNTHIA VERSER > > Museum Specialist > > Department of Collections Management > > The Mariners' Museum > > 100 Museum Drive > > Newport News, Virginia 23606 > > 757-591-7760 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net > > To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: > "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. > > You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. > To change to the DIGEST mode send an > email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: > > set mode digest pestlist > > Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com -- ----------- Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. Entomology Section Division of Invertebrate Zoology American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, NY 10024-5192 phone: 212-769-5613 fax: 212-769-5277 email: sor...@amnh.org The New York Entomological Society, Inc. email: n...@amnh.org web: www.nyentsoc.org Online journal from 2001 forward www.BioOne.org www.jstor.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com
