MAAK .F. O~BRJEtf NEWSLE TER of the MICHIGAN ENTOMO LOGICAL SOCIETY Volume 18 Num be r 3 & 4 N ovem ber 6 1973
MYAVIAN LEPIDOPTERIST
It is a known fact that insect feeding Instead, I rapped the walls of the trap with birds as bluebirds, Phoebes robins, wrens, my hand, making him fly from one corner to chi ckadees, and sparrows are fond of the the other, until he sat exhausted. I then larvae and adults of lepidoptera. This story picked him up and let him fly, hoping that is about one of them, the song sparrow Melo he wouldn't dare to enter again. But no , the spi zer me l odia. same nervey bird was inside again the next Some years ago, living in Short Hills, day having a good time and leaving only wings N.J. I used a wire cage for a light trap for me. I repeated the banging on the wall measuring 3' X 2' X 2 1/ 2' with 1 1/2" p'rocedure, picked him up, dipped him in the openings on top of all four sides. The light bird bath for a fraction of a second, and source .las a 200 W. whi te bulb and the trap gave him his freedom. This avian lepidopter stood on a barrel four feet high and four ist did not take no for an answer and again feet off the stucco wall on the back side of was feeding very contentedly inside the trap the hous e facing a deep woods . This was the on the third day. To get rid of him once time I began col lecting moths, and as each and for all, I put him in a paper bag and one was new to me I collected everyone for took him down to Newark, the place where I mounting. The light burned nightly until worked. At 10 a.m. I tied a white string half an hour before daybreak when I looked around one leg, took him out to the middle over the trap for catches before going to of a busy street and sent him on his way, work each morning at times when the insects disappearing over the roof tops. Two days were plentiful and covered the walls inside later I found, to my pleasant surprise, my and outside of the trap. song sparrow again horne in the trap with the On several mornings I found the ground white string a little dirty. To get back around the trap littered with the wings of horne he had to fly over three towns and two the moths, surely the work of some early bird mountain ridges to the woods where I lived. that was getting up before I did. After sev Being proud to have such an intelligent bird, eral days of this, the culprit, a song sparrow, I promised him all the moths he could eat caught himself in the trap. He was able to from then on without my interference. He find his way in, but too excited upon seeing visited the trap twice more after that and me to find his way out. Seeing the number of then disappeared forever, perhaps a victim wings in the trap I couldn't believe that a himself of a larger predator. little bird could eat so many moths. One can understand my feelings, because seeing the Joseph Muller thief I was thinking of murder. Being a Lebanon, N.J. "birder", however, I wouldn't do such a thing.
The NEWSLETTER of the Michigan Entomological Society is published four times yearly, with luck, at irregular intervals. Please send all notes, news, new insect records, research re quests, season summaries, important dates for the Entomologists' Calendar, other items for the NEWSLETTER, membership inquiries, dues, etc. to the Executive Secretary, Michigan Entomological Society, Dept. of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48823. The Exe cutive Se cretary's Page
1973-74 OFFICERS OF THE MICHIGAN ENTOMOLOG FOR SALE: Large quantities of papered but ICAL SOCIETY terflies and moths of worldwide distribution. Also hundreds of insect species from families President .•...... ••... Richard C. Fleming seldom offered for sale anywhere. Complete President-Elect ...... Robert W. Husband list of all specimens available for $1.00. Executive Secretary ...... •.. M. C. Nielsen Write to: Philip A. Holzbauer, Rt. 1 Box 214; Palmyra, Wisconsin 53156.
NEWS OF BRANCHES FOR SALE: Papered perfect specimens of Paanias astylus and Sphi nx ga rdius as well as other Eastern U.S. Sphingoidea. Please write EAST LANSING: William Sanders, graduate stu for information. Fairly large quantities dent, MSU Dept. of Entomology, is the new available. Write: Jeffrey C. Gilbert, P.C.T. chairman of the East Lansing Branch. Notices 116 Augusta Court, York, Pennsylvania 17404, of upcoming programs will be sent to members in the Greater Lansing area in the near fu FOR SALE: Insect pins, $4.00 per 1000 + l2¢ ture. postage. Prompt delivery. Lowest prices in United States. Also redwood insect storage DETROIT: The winter meeting was held in the boxes, 9" x 13" x 2 1/2" with composition or Prentis Bldg. at Wayne State Univ. on Febru polyethylene pinning bottoms. $3.75 each + ary 21, 1973. Mr. Mark Nelson of the WSU shipping. Clair Armin, 191 W. Palm Ave., Dept. of Biology spoke on "Collecting Orthop Reedley, Calif. 93654. tera in Spain". Professor E. Driscoll of the WSU Dept. of Geology presented "On the Track FOR SALE: Blacklighting equipment: Ultra of Marine Relationships". Anyone interested violet tubes, fixtures, inverters, portable in the activities of the Detroit branch is invited to contact M. Tyrkus, Dept. of Biology, lighting units etc. Biological Exchange, P.O. Box 2551, Santa Fe Springs, California Wayne State Univ., Detroit, Mich. 48202. 90670.
FOR SALE: Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer., Vol. 41, 43, ELECTION RESULTS 62, 63, 64, ea ... $15.00; Proc. N. Cent. Branch E.S.A., Vol. 24-5 ... $10.00; Practical Entomo logist - Vol. 1-2 (1865-7) ... $10.00; American Ballots for the election of officers for Entomologist - Vol. 1 (1868-9)* .•. $8.00; Proc. 1973-1974 were tabulated on the 21 April dead Iowa Acad. Sci., Vol 39, 55, 56, the lot* ... line. A total of 142 ballots were returned, $10.00; Ecological Monographs, Vol. 34-40, representing 31% of the membership. Results ea... $10.00. were as follows: *original binding, all others, new buckram. All prices postpaid. Russell A. Rahn, 314 N. PRESIDENT-ELECT 5th St., Watertown, Wis. 53094.
David C. L. Gosling 55 WANTED: Will purchase in small or large quan Robert W. Husband 85 tities, living cocoons, pupae, and Catacal a ova. Please write and offer me your surplus EXECUTIVE SECRETARY stocks. Anything considered. Write stating price required and quantity available to: M. C. Nielsen 140 Ronald N. Baxter, F.R.E.S. Forest Gate, Louis F. Wilson (write-in) 1 London E.7, ODP, ENGLAND.
Much success to the winners, and thanks to all members who returned their ballot.
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WANTED: Specimens and data on Euphyes dian dian and E. dian alabamae needed for research. Ivould like to borrow or exchange for. Charles T. Bryson, Box 1414, Mississippi State, State HELP YOUR SOCIETY--ENROLL A NEW MEMBER TODAY College, Miss. 39762. 2 GOVERNING BOARD FALL MEETING PROPOSED CHANGES TO MES CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS The fall meeting of the MES Governing Board met on October 29 to discuss Society business. Adrian College was proposed as a Constitution Article V--Governing board site for the 1974 Annual Meeting, arrange Section 1 reads: "The Governing Board shall ments to be made by Bob Husband for sometime conduct the business of the Society, subject around mid-May. Nominees for President-Elect to the decisions on policy by the membership and Executive Secretary were discussed. by mail ballot or at an annual meeting. This Ballots will be sent out shortly. Board shall consist of the following officers: Mike Tyrkus presented changes and amend President-Elect, Executive Secretary, the two ments to the Constitution and By-Laws (in most recent available past Presidents, the this issue). Irv Cantrall presented the Chairman, or his appointed representative, of status of the Great Lakes Entomologist. He each regional branch, and the editor of the said articles were now coming in at a regu Society's Journal. lar rate and that he had sufficient material Proposed changes: delete "the Chairman, for more than a full year ahead. Mo Nielsen or his appointed representative, of each re reported that the Society was still solvent, gional branch" and replace with "three eleeted even with rising costs of publication and membe rs at large." printing increasing to 35 percent. Dues By-Laws Article III--Governing Board, pro would likely remain the same for at least pose addition of: Section 2: "Members-at one more year. Subsidy of journal articles large shall be eleeted by mail ballot to has partly off-set this rising cost . Louis serve a three year term. The terms of ser wilson reported that the Newsletter was on viee of the three members-at-large shall be schedule but he desired more lead articles staggered sueh that one member-at-large is and more volunteers for the MES Note series. eleeted eaeh year." By-Laws Article VIII--Meetings, quorums, voting, etc., Section 2, reads: "Four mem bers of the Governing Baord shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of its business, provided, that one of those four shall be a HELP NEEDED FO RM EMBERSHI P LIST Branch Ch airman . " Proposed changes: delete "shal l be a Branch Chairman" and replace wi t h "that all members of the board have been informed of the in We are looking for a member l iving in the tent to meet. " Lansing area who i s i nterested in handling the These p roposed changes will be discussed MES membership list for 1974. As you know, ful ly at the 1974 annual meeting. the Soci ety has publis hed a lis t of members and interests biennially. If you are inter ested in helping, please notify the Executive Secretary for details. Here's an opportunity to HELP! We still have copies of the 1972 member ship list. If interested in having a copy, send 25¢ to the Executive Secretary.
JOURNAL BACK ISSUES NEWSLETTER ITEMS New members, who would like to complete back issues of the Journal can still purchase all volumes. The Journal was previously en We are interested in hearing from members titled THE MICHIGAN ENTOMOLOGIST for Volumes concerning their likes and dislikes with our 1 to 4, inclusive. A special offer is made reporting. Please send us any interesting to members as follows: news item such as research requests; sale, wanted, or exchange notices; news of members; Volume 1 (10 issues) @ $4.00 entomological meeting announcements; staff Volumes 2-5 @ $3.00 per vol. additions; new books; interesting insect re cords or discoveries; etc. Send all items In addition, we still have sets of the NEWS to Loui s F. Wilson, NEWSLETTER Editor, 215 LETTER, Volumes 13-18, all for $4 . 00. If Natural Resources Bldg., Michigan State Univ., interested, please advise the Executive Sec East Lansing, Michigan 48823. retary. 3 STATE INSECT PROPOSED MES NOTE SERIES
The valuable and industrious honeybee has Proposed Entomology Notes for the coming been proposed as the state insect of Michigan year include ones on lady bird beetles by by Rep. R. D. Young, R-Saginaw. Young intro Dick Fleming, on bumblebees by Bob Husband, duced legislation recently to make it offi and on spiders by Dick Sauer. cial, after remarking that honeybees were re This series is designed as a service for sponsible for pollinating $100 million in grade and high school students and their fruits and vegetables last year and increas teachers, 4-H leaders and members, and others ing the yield of berries, melons, and fruits curious about the diverse facets and fascina many times over. ting world of entomology. Currently there John Calkins, deputy director of the State are four notes in the series--the goal of the Agricultural Department,of Michigan, said Society is to exceed 100 different ones. that 113,000 colonies of bees were registered Available Notes are: in Michigan last year. Calkins who thinks No. 1 Lions and Tigers in the Sand Young's bill will give Michigan an official No. 2 Insect Galls "bug" is quoted as saying, "I don't know who'd No. 3 Rearing and Experimenting with Isopods be against it. He (she!, ed.) is a very im No. 4 Drawing Insects Directly from a Stereo portant little bug. We couldn't do without Microscope him (her!)." These can be purchased in lots of 10 or more at the following rates:
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Quantities in excess of 100 are $.05 for each Soon, you will be receiving in the mail additional note. Numbers in the series may notices for the 1974 MES dues. PLEASE return be mixed in any quantity. Send orders to: Executive Secretary, MICHIGAN ENTOMOLOGICAL your dues PROMPTLY, together with those in SOCIETY, Dept. of Entomology, Michigan State arrears and any address change. We are again University, East Lansing, Michigan 48823. showing dues in arrears in RED as a reminder that you are obligated to pay these dues. Failure to keep your dues current will result in withholding society publications and event ual loss of membership. May we have your full cooperation!
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aDUM ARTICLE IN READER'S DIGEST by Ted Olson I am an executioner--one of the lesser m1n10ns of the Lord High. He pinches off Anker Odum has published the "Silent Zoo Presidents, snuffs dynasties. I deal with of Glen Loates" in the November 1973 issue aphids and borers, a million minuscule lives. of the Reader's Digest. Anker is a scienti I had almost said inoffensive. Not so. fic illustrator for the Royal Ontario Museum Mightily offensive to me, and I must assume in Toronto and a member of the Michigan Ento to the Lord High. Why else should he depu logical Society--Toronto Branch. tize me? His article tells the story of 28·year old Martin Glen Loates of Toronto and how he I am conscientious. I study his methods. has won recognition as one of the world's I try- finest wildlife painters--some of his recent measuring out sevin for lace bugs, malathion paintings commanding prices up to $6,000.00. for thrips- The article is illustrated with eight of his to dispense death with similar objectivity, best paintings. without malice or scruple. 4 NINETEENTH ANNUAL MEETING The establishment and maintenance of cereal leaf beetle parasite nurseries through county The 19th Annual Meeting of the Michigan agricultural agents. R. J. Sauer and F . W. Entomological society convened at 9:12 a.m. Stehr. in the Natural science Building, Michigan state University in East Lansing, on 18 May, The European workers on parasitic Hymenoptera. and was chaired by President-Elect Dr. Henry K. Townes. Richard C. Fleming, in the absence of Presi dent Dr. Dean G. Dillery, who was unable to Footnote to 1972 paper, "A. A. Girault and his privately printed papers." Marjorie C. attend. Dr . James Bath, representing the Dept. of Entomology at MSU, welcomed all in Townes. attendence and gave an introduction to the Morphology of the digestive tract of Erista department--it's staff and programs. The En (Linnaeus) (Diptera: Syrphidae). tomology Dept. has 19 full-time faculty and lis tenax William Sanders. 3 USDA entomologists serving on the faculty on a part-time basis, with pesticide research Hornets and yellow jackets of Michigan. and management programs involving about two Roland L. Fischer. thirds of the students and faculty. Dr. Bath offered to provide tours of the new Pesticide Morphology of the nervous system of Cicindeli Research Center on south campus and the large dia punctulata punctulata (Olivier) (Coleop insect collection in the Natural Science tera: Cicindelidae). Robert Ward. Building, after the meeting. The Executive Secretary, M. C. Nielsen, Slide fest. then presented his financial-business report which related to the year-end report sub Following the last paper, members adjourned mitted to the IRS (published in NEWSLETTER, to the Entomology Museum on the 4th floor for Vol. 18, No.2) and status as of the date of inspection of the insect collection under the the Annual Meeting. The report reflected guidance of Dr. Roland L. Fischer, Curator. good news on all fronts--income exceeding ex It was one of the best Annual Meetings of the penses through the end of the year; member Society, attended by 53 registered persons ship increasing despite some cancellations; and others. The Society wishes to express s ubscriptions to the Journal holding to around its deep appreciation and THANKS to Dr. Gordon 200 ; J ournal printing committments are nQW on Guyer, Chairman of the Entomology Dept . , and a r egul ar quarterly basis , and the continued his staff, for the arrangements and refresh s upport f r om the memb er s hip and staff of the ments which helped in making the meeting a l-1SU Entomology Dept . Nie lsen expressed deep huge success! appreciat i on to Dr. Lo ui s Wi l son for his fine cooperation and work in editing and assembl ing the Society's NEWSLETTER and recent in troduction of the ENTOMOLOGY NOTES series. INSECT WO RKSHOP A POPULAR EVENT He again urged all members to report immedi ately their change of address and encouraged The Michigan Entomological Society co new memb ers to purchase back-issues of the sponsored a teacher workshop with the Nature Journal and Newsletter. Nielsen reported on . way Association at Woldumar on April 27-28. the past election (31% returned ballots) and The session was kicked off on Friday evening indicated that ·Dr. Robert W. Husband (Biology by Mo Nielson who spoke on collecting Lepi Dept., Adrian College, Mich.) and Nielsen doptera in Michigan. His talk was followed were elected to President-Elect and Executive by Don Cress who discussed his role as an Secretary, respectively, for 1973-74. Dr. extension entomologist. Wilson gave a brief report of the Newsletter Saturday morning's activities began with and urged members to contribute items for fu a humorous slide-talk by Dick Sauer on Mich ture issues, in~luding topics for the Entomo igan spiders. Dick passed around his pet logy Notes. Dr. Irving J. Cantrall, Editor turantula and asked for volunteers to hold of THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST, presented a it. Irv Cantrall and Louis Wilson discussed report on the present status of the Journal collecting, rearing, mounting, and storing and need for more manuscripts, although he had techniques for insects prior to the field enough for at least two additional issues. trip. T. Wayne Porter led the field trip. Volume 6, No. 2 was at the printer and was ex The field experience lasted until 4:00 p.m. pected to be mailed within the month. There and everyone agreed the extra time spent was was no old or new business discussed at the more than worth it. Sue Copland exclaimed, meeting. "I wish more Lans.ing teachers had attended, Dr. Fleming introduced the following pro I learned a tremendous amount and the re gram : source people were fantastic." Others who attended agreed the session was the most Evolution of the Podapolipidae; Parasitic successful field experience at Woldumar to mites of insects. Robert W. Husband. date. 5 THE CHLOROCRESOL METHOD FOR FIELD COLLECTING
For some years entomologists at the South in particularly well relaxed condition indi Australian Museum, in Adelaide, Australia, cating that the degree of moisture originally have been using a novel method to preserve sealed in is important. The boxes should be insect specimens, including butterflies, kept out of the sun and away from heat to moths, and grasshoppers, as well as run-of avoid possible over-volatilisation of the the-mill insect collections such as are Chlorocresol and its subsequent recrystalli gathered in the course of trapping with the sation. When home base is reached the con aid of mercury vapor lamps. Because of the tainers may be kept in a refrigerator, so long many specimens to be handled, new and rapid as the sealing is adequate to ensure no loss methods of preservation were necessary. At of humidity. first the rather odorous chemical, tri-chlor The present writer used the method, for ex phenol, which is a substance of a dirty ample, while collecting Lepidoptera in the sugar-like appearance, was used. This was United States during the summer of 1959. A very useful in inhibiting development of year later, after carrying them to Australia moulds in containers with freshly killed he is still able to open the sealed containers specimens. Using refrigeration was possible and to take out what appear to be practically after sealing up the cans to keep them for fresh material ready for mounting, it being several weeks without apparent deterioration, only necessary to place them at once in a damp then take and set them up without necessity atmosphere to ensure that they do not dry out of relaxing in moist air. while awaiting their turn for spreading upon When adopted by private collectors the the drying boards. odor of the preservation was not such as to Little discernable deterioration takes encourage good home relations when the domes place in the specimens over long periods of tic refrigerator was used by the entomologist. time. It has become standard practice at the A causal shortage of tri-chlor-phenol South Australian Museum to mail containers later led Mr. R. H. Fisher to experiment by back to the institution where they are kept using granular crystals of Chlorocresol (name chilled until they can be processed. For registered in the British Pharmacopeia) . such field work the square flat cans with This almost inodorous chemical was an instant hinged lids, used for packing pipe tobacco, success, revolutionised collecting techniques, are ideal, because they are unbreakable. Our and has enabled the development of a quite cans are all prepared in advance of the ex novel method of preserving specimens in the pedition. Using the Chlorocresol method field. fresh material may be held for several months As currently developed, the system is as or even almost indefinitely. A very sensi follows: One takes a small flat container tive test of the usefulness of the method is which can be sealed and places about a tea shown by the fact that it is usually possible spoonful of Chlorocresol in the bottom. This to hold Geometrid moths of delicate fugitive is held in place with a thin layer of cotton green and blue colors for many weeks without covered by face tissue or other soft paper. damage. Most collectors of butterflies will find that A virtue of the transparent plastic con rectangular sandwich boxes of clear plastic, tainers is that labels can be placed inside about five inches square and one and a half the boxes so as to be visible from outside inches high, are ideal. These are on sale in the container. N 0 breaking of seals is drug stores in most cities. The freshly necessary until the specimens are to be pro killed specimens are laid on the tissue just cessed. Good brands of plastic container are so they do not touch each other. A pencilled sufficiently strong to travel through the label is dropped in, a layer of tissue added, mails with minimum likelihood of damage and and so on in alternate succession of layers the fact that the specimens remain relaxed until the container is full. If the boxes also helps to prevent damage. Care must be have been prepared a day or so ahead of time taken that the containers are so filled that the tissues will be sufficiently saturated no movement can take place. with the vapours of the Chlorocresol that the During the past year it has been possible container can be sealed immediately, using to send newly taken material from Australia from one to three layers of Scotch Tape as to the United States for processing and also sealer. In very hot humid weather it may be to have material taken in the island of Timor, advisable to delay sealing the containers carried for several days by jeep in the field, until night time when the atmospheric humid flown to Australia, and processed at the ity is less. Under desert conditions the con South Australian Museum more than a month tainer should be sealed immediately so as to later, as fresh as though it had just been avoid undue loss of moisture. Assistants captured. engaged in spreading specimens from the Great During a recent visit to the United States western Desert of Australia noted that the difficulty was encountered in finding suit cans which contained one or more large grass able supplies of Chlorocresol. In Australia hoppers in addition to other insects arrived (continued on page 7) 6 RESEARCH REQUESTS cient numbers, they would cause serious dis ruptions in beekeeping management, pollina tion, public relations, etc. I am making a study of extinct or threat A committee constituted under the American ened North American butterflies and would Academy of Sciences went to Brazil in 1971 to greatly appreciate any information that can study the bee and its potential for reaching b e s upplied on the following species: the U.S. They published a report in J une LyaaeideB melissa Bamuelis, the Karner Blue 1972 . They estimate t hat the bee could enter (nort heast). GlauoopByohe xeroes, the Xerces Central Ame r ica in 4-6 years and, if not Blue (C a lifornia); Eumaeus atala, the Atala stopped, could reach Texas in 8-10 years. (Florida) ; and Papilio ariBtOdemus ponoeanus, We have the technology to raise queens in Schaus' Swallowtail (Florida). If you have large numbers and control the s tock used by cdlected any of these butterflies during the beekeepers. I hope we can help overcome the past 30-40 years, please send data on local problem in South America to help their situa ity, date, and sex; also any life history in tion and alleviate the threat of its intro formation or habitat notes would be appr e ciat duction to this count ry . ed. Lepidopterists with access to large uni E. C. Martin, MSU versity or museum collections are requested Dept. of Entomo logy t o check them for specimens of these four butterf l ies and send dat a. Please al so call my attention to any other North American butterflies that are endanger ed in your area. I am also i n terested i n threatened or now-extinct butterflies from other continents. Butterfly conservation groups in these areas are requested to con tact me. I am especially interested in know ing if laws have been passed to protect en dangered butterflies. Thank you. Robert Dirig , 315 Plant Sci. Bldg. , Cor nell univ., I thaca, N.Y. 14850.
Would like summar y of all unusual lep idop tera collected during 1973 in Mi chigan, i.e . , new state or county records , r ange extens ions, f oodplant records, migrat ions, p redators parasites , etc. Informa tion to be incorporat ed in the annual field summary o f the Lepi dopterists' Society. Address a ll reports and information t~ M. C. Nielsen, 3415 Overlea Drive, Lansing, Mich. 48917. "Good news, gentlemen! Our research department has developed a moth that will eat synthetics." Need records of all Michigan Catocala spe cies for compilation of tentative checklist of "underwings". Please list data by species, county and date of capture. Would like any (Chlorocresol method cont. from page 6) additional information as to method of cap ture, sex, etc. Please send all data to r-1. C. several chemical companies stock it. The most Nielsen, 3415 Overlea Drive, Lansing, r-1ich. suitable grade is in the form of a white gran 48917. ular substance like sugar. A pound should be sufficient to keep the average collector sup plied for several years. Much of the chemical agent can be reclaimed from old containers, as THE BRAZILIAN (AFRICAN) BEE there is little loss by evaporation. The present writer's specialty is the study You may have heard about the Brazilian of the primitive moths of the family Hepiali bee. Sometimes of a sensational nature. dae. Freshly killed insects of this family Fourteen years ago 26 swarms of African bees can be sent to him from many places packed in escaped from a bee breeding project in Sao this manner and arrive i n perfect condition Paulo, Brazil. Since then the queens and whereas previously their heavy bodies and drones f rom t hese f ew swarms have i mprinted brittle wing tissues made it difficult t o ship some objecti onable characteristics on the dried and spread specimen s without risk of i n bees of much of Brazil. j ury. The be es are more vicious t han \~e h ave here, they swarm excessively and become by Norman B. Tindale (from Journal of the alarmed more readily, resulting in mass Lepidopterists' Society Vol. IS, 21 March stinging. This type of bee is unwanted in 1962) the U.S . and if they arrived here in suffi 7 NEWS OF MEMBERS WALNER, WI LLIAt4 , Dept. of Entomology, Mich igan State University, E. Lansing, Mich. 48823. JULIAN DONAHUE reports that his life has WILLIAMS, PAMELA JEAN, 2707 James Rd., Pont been relatively dull since his six-week iac, Mich. 48057 (student). trip to Kenya last January. He spent four weeks on safari and collected 80,000 insect specimens, followed by two weeks touring and collecting in the game parks. His wife ADDRESS CHANGES joined him for this part of the tour and together they saw "tons" of animals--the giraffes and elephants were their favorites Brace, Randy E., 622 W. Main st., Grand by' far. Ledge, Mich. Brown, J. A., Apt. 7, 2275 W. 39th Ave., STANLEY K. GANGWERE, Orthoptera specialist Vancouver 13 B.C. Canada. from Wayne State University, is in Montevideo, Uruguay, on a Senior Fullbright-Hayes scholar Chermock, Ralph L., Rte. I, Box 300B, Fair field, Iowa 52556. ship until April, 1974. GORDON GUYER, has become Assistant Dean of Dzidowski, Gary R., 3669 Crooks, Apt. 15, Agriculture and Director for the Cooperative Royal Oak, Mich. 48073. Extension Service for Michigan State Univer Engel, Robert L, Rte. 2, Box 306, Oconto sity. He will retain a position of Professor Falls, Wis. 54154. in the Department of Entomology. Gordon is Evans, Elwin, 16106 Peacock Rd., Haslett, currently President of the Entomological Mich. 48840. Society of America and has spent much of this Fisher, James R., 207 S. Blaine, Moscow, year in furthering the cause of the Society Idaho 83843. by contacting entomology departments and re Hall, David J., Dept. of Ent. 101 Patterson search stations around the country. Bldg., Penn. State Univ., University MARK NELSON, Wayne State University student Park, Pa. 16802. is in Madrid, Spain on a Fullbright scholar Harding, Douglas H., 373 Maple Grove Drive, ship until June, 1974. Mark is specializing Oakville, Ontario, CANADA. in Orthoptera. Harris, Todd L., Ent. Dept., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, Ind. 47907. Kennedy, Patrick C., CIBA-GEIGY CORP., Agr. Div., P. O. Box 11422, Greensboro, N. C. NEl~ MEMBERS 27409. Lawrence, Donald A., Rte. I, Carbondale, Ill. BENSON, JOHN R., 11675 Beaconsfield, Detroit, 62901. Mich. 48224. Behavior, collecting, bio Maltby, Harry L., Avenida Madero 720 Nore, logy and ecology (student). LaPaz, Baja California, Mexico. BURTON, JOHN J. S., Dept. of Entomology, Cor Manly, Gary V., 12738 Borgman Ave., Hunting nell University, Ithaca, N.Y. 14850. ton Woods, Mich. 48070. Chrysops (Diptera: Tabanidae) of Indiana; Melton, Lee J. III, 5438 High Tide Ct., Co Tabanidae of southeast Asia. lumbia, Md. 21044. CUTLER, BRUCE, 1747 Eustis St., st. Paul, Metzler, Eric H., 4648-A Northtowne Blvd., Minn. 55113. Arachnida, especially Columbus, Ohio 43229. Salticidae (Araneae). Nearctic (Genera on Prescott, John M., 369 E. Gove Rd., Erie, Pa. 16509. world wide basis) all aspects from bio Purrington, Peter Foster, 1905 Abbott Rd., E. chemistry to systemics and zoogeography. Lansing, Mich. 48823. DALEY, DARRYL L., 14833 Mapleridge, Detroit, Richey, Cindy, 908 Doss Ave., Orlando, Flori Mich. 48205 (student). da 32809. HEYD, ROBERT L., 2212 S. Rundle, Lansing, Roth, James C., Dept. of Biological Sciences, Mich. 48910. Forest insects. University of California-Santa Barbara, MOLINA-PARDO, ADOLFO, 291 Natural Resources Santa Barbara, Calif. 93106. Bldg., Illinois Natural History Survey, Ruesink, William G., 10 Alder Ct., Champaign, Urbana, Ill. 61801. HYMENOPTERA: Apoidea. Ill. 61820. Neotropic. Scott, William E., 10761 SW 124 St., Miami, PETERSON, PRISCILLA, Dept. of Vet. Science, Florida 33156. University of Wisconsin, 1655 Linden Drive, Seeley, Colleen, 9 River St., Oneonta, N.Y. Madison, Wis. 53706. Scarabaeidae. 13820. PRIEBE, KENNETH, 16781 Burgess, Detroit, Mich. Tyrkus, Michael, 11652 Brougham, Sterling 48219. Odonata (student). Heights, Mich. 48077. SCHIMMEL, JOHN C., Gardner Junior High, 333 Ward, Philip S., RR I, Mahone Bay, NOva Sco Dahlia Drive, Lansing, Mich. 48910. tia, CANADA.
8 4-H ENTOMOLOGY CONFERENCE HELD ODE TO AGENETICS STUDENT
The annual 4-H entomology leader training by conference was held on May 4 and 5 at Camp Kett in Michigan. Fifty-five leaders and Harlan McGhan and R. B. Willson teen leaders attended. The program empha sized topics for the new or inexperienced leaders, using the new members manual as an outline for many activities. Fruit fly flitting free Several of the experienced leaders served Flight was made for such as thee I as resource people for the majority of the Not confined to bottle small; program. They did a tremendous job and de Made to live your life in thrall, serve a special thanks! A listing of these Sentenced to an early doom leaders and what they did at the workshop Underneath the ether fume. I follows: Mrs. Dorothy Herrington from Tuscola Co . Rugged rancher raising thee, demonstrated some homemade, quickly assembled Lost amidst genetic spree; equipment and also helped lead a group on the Counting close each mutant trait, "insect scavenger hunt" field trip. For upon this hangs his fate. David Eppelheimer, Newaygo Co. Teen Leader and MSU student, demonstrated how to take Merciless master of our mark, i,: close-up pictures of insects and exhibited Upon they words we each do hark. some of his slides and color prints. He also We listen closely to they spiel brought several hundred silk moth cocoons and Even though our minds do reel. we "planted" them outdoors for a cocoon hunt which was very successful. Dominance, plain and simple, Jan Folkertsma, former Kent Co. Teen Leader We absorb without a ripple. and now an MSU student, led a workshop session Epistasis is more trouble- on mounting and preserving insects. She had But soon we find our troubles double: the help of several other resource people in Crossing-over strikes its blow; this effort. All the fudgers are laid low. The Folkertsma family (Jack, Shirley, Proof cytological and aberration chromosomal Jacie, Jill and John) from Kent Co. did a next are laid against our head: group demonstration of "Rearing Insects". Ahlll Freedom is fled and mercy is dead. It ended with John talking about rearing mealworms and each participant being given The test hits us hard upon that day a mealworm culture to take home and raise. and many a martyr now strew the way. 1'1 The Folkertsmas also brought several out Those who survive--few thou they be- standing exhibits and Jacie did a demonstra Flee to their flies with tears in their eyes tion on "Teaching Insect Orders". They were For the brave who have fallen thusly. also involved in leading groups on the field trip. But the flies are not willing, they do not Mrs. Wilma Ratliff from Jackson Co. showed produce; her new, inexpensive blacklight for attract Each its mate has failed to seduce ing night-flying i nsects, discussed some of and raise little flies for the benefit of the techniques associated with embedding in Those who survived for this labor of love. sects in plastic and helped lead a team on the field trip. Merciless master of our fate In addition to the great help from all of Upon thy whim we each do wait. these leaders, a few resource people from The tests are all taken, the race it is run MSU made important contributions to the pro And surviving there stands--nary a one. gram. Roland Fischer of the Dept. of Ento mology talked to the group about the impor But honor survives--our course it is clear, tance of amateur insect collections to And each joins his flies upon their bier; science. Arden Peterson, 4-H Program Leader The room is corked and the gas poured in, from the State Staff, conducted a session on and ascends there now the last faint hymn Leadership and played a major role in setting of those who have suffered and fought and the stage for introduction of the annual died; "Leader We Honor" award. Bill Sanders, an And for them nary a tear the professor has MSU student, talked to the group about safety cried. and first aid on a field trip. Another stu But let the fruit fly flit on free, dent, Dan Young, led a session on "Using the For he will be the death of thee. Order Key in the New Manual". And, of Young geneticst with eyes raised on high, course, John Newman played a key role in Know you this: It is not alone the fly 1'1 many parts of the program. Sentenced to an early doom underneath the R. Sauer, MSU ether fume. Dept. of Entomology 9 THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY XERCES SOCIETY FORMED
This Society offers a posi tive response The Xerces Society has been formed to re to the rising tide of concerned Ameri cans sist the destruction of butterfly populations committed to conservation and the environ on this continent and elsewhere. The protec ment. These people ask: Wh at can I do? How tion of endangered populations is promulgated can I get s t art ed? Wh at are the s t eps to ac on two l evel s. On a continental scale, emu tive , effe cti ve involvement? An i ndependent l ating s uch groups as the Na ture Conservancy conservation organization s upported by i ts and the National Audubon Soci ety, at tention members and concerned contributors, the Soc goe s to endangered species, major subspecies iety s tands in the forefront of e fforts to and regional and continenta l rarities. si preserve our natural heritage. multaneously, a highly decentralize d , com OUR ENDANGERED RESOURCES face imminent munity-based movement covers populations of threats from over- exploitat ion and misuse. local significance. Our program focuses the Until 1600 A.D . , nearly 100% of our land energies of the peopl e, pol itically and fi existed in its natural state. Now a scant nancially, to effect proper land-use deci 2 1/2% of the contiguo us 48 states is unde s ions by agencies and to a cquire and manage veloped, free and wild . This i s the land habi t a t reserves. The protecti on of suitable Th e Wilderness soci ety f i ghts for. Only our habitat is t he ma jor f ront. Chemical pesti record of successes i n confronting the ex cides and herbicides are addressed as poten ploiters and i n training ot her s to confront tial hazards to butterfly popUlations. them gives us t he firm belie f that, with Whi le the Xerces Society works to conserve your he l p , we can s tem the tide. butterflies, the Xerces Institute will pro OUR FULL TI ME OCCUPATION is to publicize vide the scientific framework for the conser our natural heritage and alert the public to vation program. Undertaking and utilizing threats confront ing i t. Th e Wilderness Soc studies in biogeography, autecology, systems iety plays a positi ve role. Such l andmark ecology and related fields, the Institute will conservation mi lestones as the 1964 Wilder enable the work of the Society to proceed on ness Act, coupled with your s upport in t he a sound concentual basis. This body of pro past, have enabl ed the Society to work con fessional and serious amateur researchers will structively to preserve our natural herit age . also provide intelle ctual liaison between the TWO FRONTS REQUIRE our const ant attention conservation and natur e- minded publ ic and the in the battle to preserve our natur al herit s cientific, entomol ogical arena. age. First, we must r eact to threats, of MEMBERSHIP IN THE XERCES SOCIETY is open course, but the second front is positive. to anyone who shares the interests and goals The Wi l derness Society works to develop and of the group. There is as yet no set due s train grassroots l eadership throughout the structure, but contributions are cordially country, passing on the strength and faith solicited in lieu of dues. Members will re to promote the land ethic instilled in us by ceive the newsletter Atala, which is pub the generous concern of individual citizens. lished occasionally, and other publications The Society equips the public to meet envi of the Society. The name refers to the Atala ronmental threats. But it takes patience Hairstreak (Eumaeus atala) a brillant butter and persistent effort to build people to fly of the Evergaldes region which is perhaps realize their own potential to effectively our most endangered butterfly. The name of confront professional manipulators of public the organization come s from one we have already opinion. lost--the Xerces Blue, the first known human OUR NEW DIMENSION is conservation leader caused butterfly extinction in North America. ship in conservation training. The Society's All inquiries, suggestions, comme nts and unique Workshops and Washington Seminars for requests will gladly be accepted by: Robert key local, state and regional conservation M. Pyle, Director, The Xerces Society, School cooperators is an integral part of our annual of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale program. We must assure that there will be University, New Haven, Connecticut, U. S . A. more able people to meet each future threat, so The wilderness society is actively develop ing a firm f oundation at the grassroots level of its membership.
The Wilderness Society (publishers of The Living Wilderness and sponsors o f "A Way To The Wilderness" t rip program), 729 15th st., N.W., Washington, D. C. 20005. An educa tional, non-prof i t, nat ional conservation organization, formed in 1935 , registered under the District of Columb ia's Charitable Registration Act, Certificate No. 6-07-379. Your contributions are deductible f or f ederal i ncome t ax purposes. 10 MICHIGAN LEPIDOPTERA HIGHLIGHTS
The following species are listed as repre SATYRIDAE: senting some of the interesting 1973 records observations, as to abundance, new records, E. mitahellii--numerous again in the Wake lee range extensions or unique species: type locality, despite the recent use of the area for a hog range: Also re HESPERIIDAE: ported from Kalamazoo Co.;
o. poweshiek--numerous in early July in L. appalaahia--continues to be "discovered" Livingston Co. marsh; in new localities in southern counties in shaded sedges; T. lineola--swarming in June, Ingham Co.; generally reported in large numbers o. ah~yxus st~gulosa--many collected in statewide and established in new areas; dry prairies in Montcalm (new county record) and Newaygo Co., 12-20 May; E. ho~atius--appeared in fair numbers on 15 July, Monroe Co. feeding on buttonbush o. jutta asae~ta--appeared in fair numbers flowers; in several eastern UP bogs, 11 June to 2 July; LYCAENIDAE: SPHINGIDAE: s. falaae~ and a~yaevo~us--numerous on 1 July, Lenawee Co. feeding on staghorn s. aanadensis--several collected at UV in sumac flowers; also reported in good St. Joseph Co., 28 July to 11 August; numbers at Jenison, Ottawa Co.; A. titan--one fresh specimen on 18 June I. augustinus, hen~iai, i~s and niphon near Marquette, flying in mid-after a l a~ki --a few collected on 20 May in noon on Hie~aaium floentinum--third Montcalm and Newaygo Co. in scrub oak specimen from state; white pine areas; A. nessus--numerous at flowers in late NYMPHALIDAE : spring in Clinton, Eaton and Van Buren counties; E. alaudia--few collected in acid bogs in mid-June in Chippewa and Schoolcraft D. ve~siaolo ~--one at UV on 11 August, St. Co.; very common in Sept., St. Joseph Joseph Co.--new county record; Co. in red clover--big year for this species; x. te~sa--single specimens collected at lights in Hillsdale, Lenawee Co.; B. eunomia dawsoni--collected and observed 11 June to 2 July in Chippewa and ARCTIIDAE: Mackinac Co. bogs; H. alymene--one at UV on 28 July, St. B. f~gga--two males collected around first Joseph Co. (new county record) ; of June in Schoolcraft Co. bog; NOCTUIDAE: v. a~dui --reported common from widely scattered localities. Common in June A. ao~dige~a--several taken in mid-day fly in Ch ippewa, Schoolcraft Co. feeding ing in bog, 27 May, Chippewa Co.; on labrador tea flowers; P. speaiosissima--one at UV on 26 Sept., Rose Lake S. G. A., Clinton Co.;
Catoaala sp.--three collectors reported a total of 38 species from scattered counties, including serena, laarymosa (2 new counties), nebulosa, subnata, semireliata, meskei, illeata, graai lis, aoaainata and minuta.
Contributors: Glenn Belyea, Richard Fleming, Wayne Miller, John H. Newman, M. C. Nielsen, Dan and Ed Oosting, Larry West and Bruce Wilson. 11 MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS
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