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Hi All,
Last fall (Oct. 28, 2019) when I cleaned out my Tree Swallow and Red/=
Flying Squirrel nest boxes I kept the 18 nests to see if any moths would ap=
pear this spring. I stored each nest in a clear 10lb poly bag (ordinarily u=
sed to store fruit in the freezer) and blew them up and knotted the top to =
keep the bag expanded. The nests were stored in my basement (cool and dark)=
for the winter checked and reinflated periodically. No moths were in the n=
est when first checked but there were a few spiders, sow bugs, flies and lo=
ts of fleas.
The only moth that came out last fall was a single geometer called Cyc=
lopedia perpendicular (Sweetfern Geometer Moth) - in a squirrel nest. I dis=
missed it as an accident as this species is not found in bird nests. The ne=
st was fresh and the moth pupae likely arrived attached to the grass brough=
t into the nest by it's builder.
Nothing new appeared until this week (May 12th) when a number (6 so f=
ar) tiny moths appeared on the sides of two of the nest bags . They turned =
out to be Monopis laevigella a species commonly found in birds nests but ra=
rely collected for just that reason. I expect there may be more moths in th=
e nests but who knows.
I caught another moth species Tinea pellionella (Casemaking Clothes =
Moth) in my bathroom on April 20th but it was expected. I found its case (w=
hat the moth larvae lives in) on a wool suit last fall (Sept. 06, 2019).
It's snowing here at the moment so winter is still hanging on up her=
e in the highlands. All the best.
Fritz McEvoy
Sunrise Valley CB (near Dingwall)
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Hi All, </div>
<div style=3D""><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Calibri, Helvetica, sans-se=
rif"><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;"> Last fall (Oct. =
28, 2019) when I cleaned out my Tree Swallow and Red/Flying Squirrel nest b=
oxes I kept the 18 nests to see if any moths would appear
this spring. I stored each nest in a clear 10lb poly bag (</span>ordinaril=
y<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;"> used to store
</span>fruit in the freezer) and blew them up and knotted the top to k=
eep the bag expanded.<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;"> The nests were =
stored in my basement (cool and dark) for the winter checked and reinflated
</span>periodically<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">. No moths were in the =
nest when first checked but there were a few spiders, sow bugs, flies and l=
ots of fleas.</span></font></div>
<div style=3D""><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Calibri, Helvetica, sans-se=
rif"><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;"> The only moth tha=
t came out last fall was a single geometer called </span></font><font =
color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=3D""><i>Cyc=
lopedia</i><span style=3D"font-style: italic; font-size: 12pt;"> </spa=
n><i>perpendicular</i><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;"><i> </i>(</span=
></font><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif"><sp=
an style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Sweetfern
Geometer Moth) - in a squirrel nest. I dismissed it as an accident as this=
species is not found in bird nests. The nest was fresh and the moth pupae =
likely arrived attached to the grass brought into the nest by it's builder.=
</span></font></div>
<div style=3D""><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Calibri, Helvetica, sans-se=
rif"><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;"> Nothing new appe=
ared until this week (May 12th) when a number (6 so far) tiny moths
</span>appeared<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;"> on the sides of two o=
f the nest bags . They turned out to be<i> Monopis laevigella</i> a species=
commonly found in birds nests but rarely collected for just that reason. I=
expect there may be more moths in the
nests but who knows.</span></font></div>
<div style=3D""><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Calibri, Helvetica, sans-se=
rif"><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;"> I caught a=
nother moth species <i>Tinea pellionella
</i>(Casemaking Clothes Moth) in my bathroom on April 20th but it was expec=
ted. I found its case (what the moth larvae lives in) on a wool suit last f=
all (Sept. 06, 2019).</span></font></div>
<div style=3D""><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Calibri, Helvetica, sans-se=
rif"><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;"> It's snowi=
ng here at the moment so winter is still hanging on up here in the highland=
s. All the best.</span></font></div>
<div style=3D""><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Calibri, Helvetica, sans-se=
rif"><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;"> Fritz McE=
voy</span></font></div>
<div style=3D""><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Calibri, Helvetica, sans-se=
rif"><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;"> Sunrise V=
alley CB (near Dingwall)</span></font></div>
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rif"><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;"><br>
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