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Index of Subjects --000000000000a109ee05a5ad4b8d Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Neat report, Fritz. How long do you keep the material under observation? If you get more fleas from the mammal nests, I'd like to have some for the StFX collection! Randy On Thu., May 14, 2020, 4:08 p.m. Fritz McEvoy, <fritzmcevoy@hotmail.com> wrote: > 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 appear this spring. I stored each nest in a clear 10lb poly bag ( > ordinarily used 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 nest when first checked but there were > a few spiders, sow bugs, flies and lots of fleas. > The only moth that came out last fall was a single geometer called > *Cyclopedia* *perpendicular* (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. > Nothing new appeared until this week (May 12th) when a number (6 so > far) 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 rarely collected for just that reason. I expect there may be more > moths in the 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 (what 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 > here in the highlands. All the best. > Fritz McEvoy > Sunrise Valley CB (near Dingwall) > > --000000000000a109ee05a5ad4b8d Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"auto"><div>Neat report, Fritz. How long do you keep the materia= l under observation?</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">If = you get more fleas from the mammal nests, I'd like to have some for the= StFX collection!</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Randy= =C2=A0<br><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><br><br><= div class=3D"gmail_quote" dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr= ">On Thu., May 14, 2020, 4:08 p.m. Fritz McEvoy, <<a href=3D"mailto:frit= zmcevoy@hotmail.com">fritzmcevoy@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><block= quote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc= solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div style=3D"font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color= :rgb(0,0,0)"> Hi All,=C2=A0</div> <div><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span = style=3D"font-size:12pt">=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Last fall (Oct. 28, 2019) whe= n I cleaned out my Tree Swallow and Red/Flying Squirrel nest boxes I kept t= he 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">=C2=A0used to store </span>fruit in the freezer) and blew them up and knotted=C2=A0the top to k= eep the bag expanded.<span style=3D"font-size:12pt">=C2=A0The nests were st= ored 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 ne= st when first checked but there were a few spiders, sow bugs, flies and lot= s of fleas.</span></font></div> <div><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span = style=3D"font-size:12pt">=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0The only moth that came out la= st fall was a single geometer called=C2=A0</span></font><font color=3D"#000= 000" face=3D"Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif"><i>Cyclopedia</i><span style= =3D"font-style:italic;font-size:12pt">=C2=A0</span><i>perpendicular</i><spa= n style=3D"font-size:12pt"><i>=C2=A0</i>(</span></font><font color=3D"#0000= 00" face=3D"Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span 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 buil= der.</span></font></div> <div><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span = style=3D"font-size:12pt">=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Nothing new appeared until th= is week (May 12th) when a number (6 so far) tiny moths </span>appeared<span style=3D"font-size:12pt">=C2=A0on the sides of two of = the nest bags . They turned out to be<i> Monopis laevigella</i> a species c= ommonly found in birds nests but rarely collected for just that reason. I e= xpect there may be more moths in the nests but who knows.</span></font></div> <div><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span = style=3D"font-size:12pt">=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0I caught another moth s= pecies=C2=A0<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><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span = style=3D"font-size:12pt">=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0It's snowing here a= t the moment so winter is still hanging on up here in the highlands. All th= e best.</span></font></div> <div><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span = style=3D"font-size:12pt">=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Fritz McEvoy</span></f= ont></div> <div><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span = style=3D"font-size:12pt">=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Sunrise Valley CB (nea= r Dingwall)</span></font></div> <div><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span = style=3D"font-size:12pt">