EWSLET TER of the MICHIGAN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 2&3 April 25, 1986 T h i r t y - sec 0 n d An nua I M e e tin 9 P I ann e d Mark O'Brien has prepared an excellent ~ session for this year's annual meeting at the ~ University of Michigan's Matthaei Botanical ~ Gardens. Our featured speaker will be Robert Matthews from the University of Georgia. The extra symposium topic planned this year focu­ (-----: ses on the Great Lakes Region fauna. There will be a lobby display on "Michigan Insects." Mark chose Zingerman's Deli for the catered luncheon. He says they always have a superior spread. As an added feature, , several companies have donated products which r-· -~--, we will give away as door prizes. And don't : ,----....... forget the poster contest (rules in last ,-------, news let ter). Mark has gone all out for this meeting, {' so how about joining us! There will be the usual evening collecting, and of course, --' tours of the fabulous gardens and greenhouses. Put the date on your calendar now and send in the pre-registration form from this newsletter before May 15. See you there! 32nd Annual Meeting Michigan Entomological Society June 6, 1986 co.. 'Iz. ti\i. Matthaei Botanical Gardens 1800 Dixboro Road Ann Arbor, MICH 48105 Call: Mark O'Brien at (313) 764-0471 for further information. The NEWSLETTER of the Michigan Entomological Society is published as four numbers yearly, at irregular intervals. Please send all notes, news, new insect records, research requests, notices, season summaries, membership inquiries, etc. to the Executive Secretary, Michigan Ento~ mological Society, Dept. of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824. FOR SALE: Offering various publications, Officers of M.E.S. including reprints, on entomology, especially lepidoptera. Many old papers now out of President . .. Dave Cowan print. Please send your request to Dr. A. E. President-Elect •.... Mark O'Brien Brower, 8 Hospital St., Augusta, Maine immediate Past President Dave Evans 04330. Executive Secretary ... Mo Nielsen Member-at-Large (1983-86) Glenn Belyea WANTED: Reprints, or any references, dealing Member-at-Large (1984-87) Gary Simmons with the contents of bird stomachs. Member-at-Large (1985-88) Robert Husband Especially interested in studies dealing with Journal Editor .... Dave Gosling lepidoptera found in stomachs of passerine, Newsletter Editor ... Louis Wilson birds of prey and other forest birds. Please Associate Newsletter Editor George Heaton send information to Dr. A. E. Brower, 8 Hospital St., Augusta, Maine 04330. Notices WANTED: Live larva of any tiger beetle and live true katydids, both male and female. Will piCk up anywhere and pay for the catch (Notices will be run for a year or 4 numbers of the Newsletter unless notified to drop and phone call. Please write: Glenn Firebaugh, 3636 Hoiles, Toledo, Ohio 43612, them. Members desiring longer runs should or phone (419) 478-8314. notify newsletter editor, L. F.. Wil~on, Dept. FOR SALE: Miscellaneous entomological of Forestry, Michigan State Un~vers ~ ty, 48824) publications, covering Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera, Homoptera, Lepidoptera, Orthoptera, and general topics. Send SASE FOR SALE: Collecting and storage equipment: for draft list to M. C. ~ielsen, 3415 Overlea Cornell Drawers, Unit pinning trays, Dr., Lansing, MI 48917. blacklights, inverters, mercury vapor light, spreading boards, head lamp, USDA light trap, FOR SALE: Collection of approx. 1 M most technical books on lepidoptera, many Lepidoptera (moths), Crysomelidae (60M), other miscellaneous items. Prices upon other Coleoptera (100M), many Homoptera and request, write or call Glenn Belyea, 8051 Hemiptera in drawers and cabinets. Must Clark Rd., Bath, MI 48808, (517) 641-4224. leave country by end of year. Please contact Rev. Dr. Carlo Brivio, P.I.M.E. Entomological WANTED: Data on Michigan butterflies for use Museum, 17400 Quincy Ave., Detroit, MI in a new publication on the butterflies of 48221. Tel. 313-342-4066. Michigan. Doubtful specimens can be for­ warded for determination or confirmation. Especially interested in Lycaenidae and BOOKS FOR SALE: Beetles of the World, Hesperiidae records. Contact M. C. Nielsen, Gakken. A magnificient color pictorial 3415 Overlea Dr., Lansing, MI 48917 reference book containing illustrations of (517-321-2195). over 600 worldwide beetles with English names and origins. Text is Japanese, ($32.50 postpaid). Beetles, J;lernard Klausnitzer. WANTED: Studies on the Comparative Ethology Fasc1nating and most 1nterest1ng represen­ of Digger Wasps of the Genus Bembix by Evans; tatives of the beetle family. Fantastic Beetles of the Pacific Northwest by Hatch (5 color & b/w illustrations of many rare and vol.); Biology of the Leaf Miners by Hering; extraordinary species. ($21.50 postpaid). The Ecology of Plant Galls by Mani. Write The Dictionary of Butterflies and Moths, stating condition and price to John E. Lathwait, Watson & Whalley, 405 color . Holzbach, 229 Maywood Drive, Youngstown, photographs representing over 1000 speC1es 1n Ohio, 44512. (long run) this A-Z Dictionary that is chock full of RESEARCH NOTICE: To those participating in facts such as size, habitat, etc. An excellent addition to any library. Send the Sesiidae pheromone Project, if you have $19.50 (postpaid) to Ianni Butterfly caught anything interesting with the phero­ o ne please notify me at your convenience. I Enterprises, P. O. Box 81171, Cleveland, Ohio, 44181. c a~ be reached evenings at (312) 237-0543 or ".or ::e :0 Dr . J o hn Holoyda, 2819 N. marmora, FOR SALE: Malaise Traps. Design with proven :~:2a E' 60634 . (long run) superior efficiency, as described and figured by Townes In Entomological News (83: - .~~: B~ ? ~ e s:i d2 e 8~' ~~ te l inae 239-247). Complete with stakes. $198, .: ~ =S ?e:::a. :":'- - a:': ::ea:-::" c s?€cies, postpaid. Order from: Golden Owl Publis hers, Inc., 182 Chestnut Rd., Lexington Park, XD 20653. Phone (301) __ _uo _-_, G i 6~::' ..8 _ :r :.. Z :' .. :a 863-9253. Ro a, ::: ta ~ ~ . (Continued next page) 2 NOTICES (continued) ales, wines and cheeses, an auction of butterfly-related objets d'art to benefit Xerces (donations eagerly sought!) and FOR SALE: Insect Pins; Std. Black, Elephant, dancing and relaxation to the varied music of Stainless Steel, Minutens and Label Pins. Sunrise and Jessica, the highly popular Sizes 000 thru 7 available. For complete folk-rock-forties duo from Skamokawa, Wash. list write: Ianni Butterfly Enterprises, P. The Saturday night banquet will feature our O. Box 81171, Cleveland, Ohio, 44181. (216) usual excellent door prizes, local wines and 888-9763. seafood, and a most exciting and sought-after speaker. Of course, there will also be time FOR SALE: Worldwide, collectible to relax and enjoy the sylvan setting of butterflies, Beetles and rare insects, named Pilgrim Firs. Greenwood paths leading to with data. For subscription to butterfly and views of the Olympic Mountais will beckon, or beetle price lists send $5.00 to Ianni you may swim in lovely Lake Flora. Butterfly Enterprises, P. O. Box 81171, The potential for field trips in the vici­ Cleveland, Ohio, 44181. nity is so great that we can only begin to sample its variety. Currently they plan to CORRESPOND: Italian entomologist interested offer an all-day trip on Saturday, by char­ in papilionidae, Morphidae, Lucanidae, and tered coach, to special nearby habitats. Scarabaeidae of the world wants to obtain This will be a collecting and watching excur­ specimens from many countries, and would like sion to the Hoodsport "heaths" on beautiful to know the address of some dry insect Hood Canal and to spectacular Lake Cushman on dealers in the U. S. or elsewhere in the the edge of Olympic National Park. Clod ius world. Please write to: Marco Mastrocicco, Parnassians, Western and Pale Tiger Via Anselmina 1, 10020 Lauriano (TO) ITALY. Swallowtails, several nymphs, hairstreaks and skippers will certainly be on the wing. With luck, we will encounter the Northwest endemic mistletoe and cedar hairstreaks, Mitoura johnsoni and M. "nelsoni." Dark-of-the-moon Xerces Society to Meet conditions sh;uld make for good moth sampling at our bucolic base. Depending on demand and Pilgrim Firs Camp Conference Center, Lake logistics, the possibility exists for a Flora, Port Orchard, Washington Monday, June 9 field trip to the famous The Xerces Society will meet on June 4-8, Tenino Prairies and Mirna Mounds, and a visit 1986 in a pleas ant, self-contained rural to the emgryonic Big Soos Butterfly Preserve facility, the meeting will be a varied mix­ south of Seattle. ture of informative sessions, practical Direct any queries to Bob Pyle (206) problem-solving, field outing and relaxed 465-2539 or Melody Allen (503) 222-2788. gathering. The organizers conceive several morning and afternoon sessions devoted to contributed and invited papers. The latter Give Me Entomology will include topics such as cave inver­ tebreate conservation, progress of The Here's another "bug" poem from our Monarch Project, slugs and humans, and fri­ MES-member poet Peter Lisk from Dearborn. tillary conservation in the Northwest and Midwest. Symposia under consideration deal Give me entomology, with Protection of the Puget Prairies, And oh I'll keep happy, Inyertebrate Survey in the Pacific Northwest, As I crawl 'bout the field, British Butterfly Conservation After Collecting my insect yield. Butterfly Year, and Insect Conservation and Then it's anticipation; Utilization in the Developing Tropics. Homeward bound my collection. Workshop topics may include butterfly informational packets, garden club coopera­ A little work need be done,' tion, roadside management programs, and com­ But I will call it insect fun, munity involvement. Special slide As my spreading board I grab, presentations will highlight last year's And I write up a little tab; Xerces Society butterfly watching tour to Then it's time they meet the rest, England, and close personal encounters with And the time I feel the best.