tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post3942312753418823800..comments2024-03-13T19:28:05.813-04:00Comments on Ohio Birds and Biodiversity: A fly in the pitcherJim McCormachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07444322057532066466noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-5810383922264517842011-12-05T08:50:31.379-05:002011-12-05T08:50:31.379-05:00Reminds me of when I dumped out a bag of Japanese ...Reminds me of when I dumped out a bag of Japanese beetles, surprised to see all the grubs (some quite large) living on the dead beetles.Keith Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-12144139726712768772011-12-03T13:30:39.378-05:002011-12-03T13:30:39.378-05:00I don't know that I've ever heard Mother E...I don't know that I've ever heard Mother Earth referred to as a "shebang" before, but it's certainly apt.Jason Kesslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078079559796728394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-18408172419106532272011-12-02T22:51:15.363-05:002011-12-02T22:51:15.363-05:00I did some more research about my previous questio...I did some more research about my previous question regarding The Pitcher Plant Borer Moth. From this website, it seems the larvae bore into the rhizomes of the plant and often kill it. <br /><br />http://www.sarracenia.com/faq/faq5520.html<br /><br />There is another moth larva that also bores into pitcher plants Endothenia daeckeana.Vincent Lucasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-62214365624848206352011-12-02T22:42:05.270-05:002011-12-02T22:42:05.270-05:00So how do the larvae of Papaipema appassionata (Pi...So how do the larvae of Papaipema appassionata (Pitcher Plant Borer Moth) escape a gory fate from its host? Never could figure this out.Vincent Lucasnoreply@blogger.com