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A Pictoral Key And Annotated List Of Michigan Pseudoscorpions (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpionida), Gary V. Manley

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Excerpt: Berlese or Tullgren funnel methods of extraction of forest litter fauna often produce minute arthropods called pseudoscorpions. These are relatively common but have received little attention. Because of the author's involvement with the Michigan State University soil zoology research project the potential significance of these animals has become a matter of interest. The Pictorial Key (Figs. 1 and 2) has been designed to assist in the identification of Michigan pseudoscorpions, and will be a useful starting point for further study of our species. Because pseudoscorpions are predaceous on many soil arthropods (Hoff, 1949), they are important in soil arthropod …

Agricultural Chemicals. Book I--Insecticides. W.T. Thomson. Thomson Publications (P.O. Box 989, Davis, California 95616), 1967. 366 P. $10.00., Norman C. Leeling

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Excerpt: This book contains a wealth of information which would be extremely useful to people dealing with various aspects of insecticide usage ranging from laboratory investigations to field applications.

The Comparative Ethology And Evolution Of The Sand Wasps. Howard E. Evans. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1966. Xviii, 526 Pp. $15.00., Vincent G. Dethier

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Excerpt: In one sense, ethology is natural history. In a more restricted sense, it is the description and classification of behavior viewed as a necessary prerequisite to analysis. The analyses that follow become more and more physiological as the tangle of facts unravels so that the ethology of the field inevitably becomes the ethology of the laboratory.

The Moth Book: A Popular Guide To A Knowledge Of The Moths Of North America. W.J. Holland. Edited By A.E. Brower. New York: Dover Publications, 1968. Xxiv, 479 Pp. 48 Colored Plates. $5.00., Ronald S. Wilkinson

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Excerpt: Despite its obvious limitations, Holland's Moth Book has been the standard amateur guide to the Heterocera of the United States since its original publication in 1903. Its remarkable popularity has largely been due to its colored plates, which illustrate a good selection of American moths, including a large proportion of such widely collected families as the Sphingidae and Saturniidae, as well as many of the Noctuidae. Holland's work has been the great standby of young collectors for many years, although the text could not really pass muster in 1903, and is so badly out of date in 1968 that …

Polykatianna Batchi: A New Species For North America (Collembola: Sminthuridae), Richard J. Snider

The Great Lakes Entomologist

While examining a collection of Collembola from Illinois, I came across a small specimen which looked like an immature Katiannina (Maynard and Downs, 1951). Using Salmon's key (1964), I traced the species to the tribe Katiannini, of which Katiannina is not a member. The species dealt with in this paper belongs to the genus Polykatianna Salmon (1946).

Three New Species Of Hyperaspis From Eastern North America (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), W. Y. Watson

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Excerpt: A number of apparently related species, including the three which are newly described in this paper, belong to the large binotata group of Dobzhansky (1941). It has been found necessary to re-examine this group and to divide it into smaller, more homogeneous species clusters. These new species clusters may indicate more clearly the relationships of the species involved.

Some Effects Of Photoperiod And Cold Storage On Oviposition Of The Cereal Leaf Beetle Oulema Melanopus (Coleptera: Chrysomelidae), R. V. Connin, O. K. Jantz

The Great Lakes Entomologist

An expanded program of research on the cereal leaf beetle, Oulema melanopus (L.), in various north-central states has made it necessary to develop methods of rearing all stages of the beetle for laboratory use. Because the insect survives diapause in the adult state (Castro, 1964 and Connin, et al., 1968) it must presently be stored 10-12 weeks at 38" F before consistent oviposition is obtained. Hoopingarner, et al. '(1965) indicated that, while males are sexually mature in the prediapause condition, the female was unwilling to mate until after diapause and was not mature sexually until after mating.

More recent …

Culture Techniques For Rearing Soil Anthropods, Richard J. Snider, James H. Shaddy, James W. Butcher

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Excerpt: Interest in soil biology has been prompted by recent investigations into the action of insecticides on plants and animals. Observations in the field must be supplemented by laboratory investigations conducted under controlled conditions. Consequently, it becomes necessary to rear and handle soil animals under artificial situations for bio-assay and life cycle studies. When large numbers of individuals are required, special problems in maintenance and manipulation arise. Relatively inexpensive and simple methods for such projects are essential and this paper describes some of those techniques which we have found expedient.

Rearing And Description Of The Early Stages Of The Nearctic Species Of Peridea, With Special Reference To P. Basitriens (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae), J. Charles E. Riotte

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Excerpt: The genus Peridea Stephens, according to Forbes (1948), is composed of two subgenera: Lophodonta Packard and Peridea. To the former belong the two species, angulosa (J.E. Smith, 1797) and ferruginea Packard, 1864; to the latter only one species, basitriens (Walker, 1855). The foodplant of angulosa is given by Forbes (1948) as "oak," that of ferruginea as "birch." The larva of basitriens has never been described, while the larvae of the other two species have been described and figured in color by Packard (1895).

Efforts to fill this gap in our knowledge have been made by several lepidopterists, but …

An Annotated List Of The Dermaptera, Dictyoptera, Phasmatoptera, And Orthoptera Of Michigan, Irving J. Cantrall

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Excerpt: The only publication to date dealing exclusively with the Orthoptera and Dermaptera of Michigan is that of Pettit and McDaniel (1918). In the fifty years since their paper, several factors have combined to increase by nearly one-third the number of orthopterous and dermapterous taxa known for the state. These have been better understanding of the taxonomy of some groups, more extensive collecting, the establishment over the past several years of five advents, and the unquestioned northerly extension during the past two or three decades of the ranges of several species previously known to occur to the south in Ohio …

The Insects. Peter Farb And The Editors Of Life. New York: Time Inc., 1962. 192 Pp. $4.00., Richard C. Fleming

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Excerpt: It is a pleasant surprise to find a book that can effectively communicate much information about insects to the lay public, amateur entomologist, and professional entomologist alike. In straight-forward language the author gives genuine insight into the morphology, physiology, behavior, evolution, and adaptation of insects. These areas are not treated as unrelated topics but are skillfully blended into a meaningful whole. The text is supported liberally with pertinent facts, clear drawings, and many photographs of remarkable quality. The lack of obvious mistakes indicates that editing has been carried out carefully.

Experimental Statistics In Entomology. F. M. Wadley. Washington, D. C.: Graduate School Press: U.S. Department Of Agriculture, 1967. Viii, 132 Pp. $6.50., Charles E. Cress

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Excerpt: This book "is intended to help entomological workers who have a real interest, but little training. in applying statistical methods to research problems." The author has proceeded under the false assumption that removal of all mathematical precision and the elimination of the rationale behind statistical techniques results n simplification and clarification. This presents an insoluble dilemma to the statistically uninformed reader.

Insect Colonization And Mass Production. Edited By Carroll N. Smith. New York And London: Academic Press, 1966. Xxii, 618pp. $27.00., Brian O.C Gardiner

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Excerpt: The mass production of insects appears to have started with the requirements of the rod-and-line fisherman for bait. For many years, using crude but effective methods, an individual could earn a living rearing millions of blowflies a week to meet this demand. The recent rise of the insecticide industry- and now, biological control--has meant an ever-increasing demand for many insect species. Not only does the testing of insecticides demand very large numbers of standard insects, but their release, either as parasites to control an economic pest, or as sterile males to 'use up' wild females, involves the laboratory production …

Why Not Eat Insects? Vincent M. Holt. Hanworth, Middlesex: Reprinted By E. W. Classey, 1967. 99 Pp. $2.10., Roland S. Wilkinson

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Excerpt: According to the British Museum Catalogue, this curious and interesting little work was first printed in 1885. F. S. Bodenheimer devotes several pages to it in his Insects as Human Food, and notes that the "booklet has now [1951] almost disappeared. In London it was apparently only available at the British Museum, where it was destroyed by bombing. The only copy to be found by the author was in the University Library at Oxford . . . "I have located no copies in the United States except the one at the USDA Library. Due to its extreme rarity, …

Some R.R. Dreisbach Collecting Localities In South-Eastern Texas And Northeastern Mexico, Irving J. Cantrall

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Excerpt: During July and August, 1954 the late Robert R. Dreisbach of Midland, Michigan, devoted several weeks to the collection of insects in Texas and Mexico. Dreisbach was an extremely active and indefatigable person. His collecting efforts were not limited to the accumulation of materials of immediate interest to him, and he assembled large numbers of many species of insects. He maintained a general collection and, from time to time, sent portions of it to various specialists for determination. Numerous new species have been described from this material. In identifying the Orthoptera, I noted several discrepancies in the date-locality data …

Geron Calvus (Diptera: Bombyliidae), A Parasite Of Solenobia Walshella (Lepidoptera: Psychidae) In Michigan, Julian P. Donahue

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Excerpt: Very little is known of the biology of bee-flies in the genus Geron; the few available records show that the larvae are parasitic on Lepidoptera larvae. Mik (1896) noted that Geron gibbosus Meigen had been reared from larvae of the pyralid Nephopteryx sublineatella Strg. and the psychid Fumaria crassiorella (Bruand) in Europe, while Maxwell-Lefroy and Howlett (1909) recorded the tortricid Laspeyresia jaculutrix Meyrick as a host of Geron argentifrons Bru. in India. The present paper appears to be the first report on the biology of any North American Geron.

Mobility In A Wyoming Population Of Speyeria Atlantis As Determined By Tagging (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), Arthur H. Moeck

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Excerpt: In my study of Speyeria distribution (Moeck, 1957; Grey & Moeck, 1962; Grey, Moeck & Evans, 1963) it was found desirable to determine the degree of mobility of the individuals in a population of Speyeria atlantis (Edwards). For this study I selected an isolated population of atlantis along a tributary of Horse Creek on the eastern slope of the South Laramie Range, some 17 or 18 miles northwest of Laramie. The specimens along this tributary were dark and well silvered, closely approaching the typical "appalachian" form in the Black Hills. This colony, furthermore, was the only population of atlantis …

Laboratory Rearing Of Phalangium Opilio (Arachnida: Opiliones), George E. Klee, James W. Butcher

The Great Lakes Entomologist

While a good deal of work has been reported on the natural history and ecology of the opiliones in Europe and England (Bristowe, 1949; Sankey, 1949; Todd, 1949; Phillipson, 1959; Savory, 1964; Juberthie, 1965), this important group has received little attention in North America. Bishop (1949) published a concise synopsis of reactions and general habits of the opiliones of New York and, in a Ph. D. dissertation, Edgar (1960) described the biology of the order in Michigan.

Current studies at Michigan State University on the effects of insecticides on non-target organisms have revealed an acute lack of biological information on …

The Synonmy Of Diargia And Hyponeura With The Genus Argia (Odonata: Coenargrionidae: Argiinae), Leonora K. Gloyd

The Great Lakes Entomologist

The generic distinctness of Diargia and Hyponeura has long been questioned but, because venational characters have largely formed the basis of classification of the higher taxa in the Odonata, authors have been reluctant to admit exceptions and to act contrariwise. The evidence given below leaves little or no doubt that venational differences are not adequate to separate the species of these genera from those of Argia. Diargia is represented by the dwarf bicellulata Calvert, and Hyponeura by two species, the giant type species funckii Selys and the slightly smaller lugens (Hagen).

First Records Of The White People Shoot Border, Eucosma Gloriola (Lepidoptera: Olethreutidae) In Michigan, John H. Newman

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Excerpt: During late June and early July, 1965, it was apparent that plantations of Scotch and Austrian pines in various Michigan counties were being damaged by lepidopterous larvae mining in the pith of newly developed lateral and terminal branches. Infested samples were examined by Dr. William Wallner, Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, and an attempt was made to rear the extracted larvae. Although as many as two larvae were present in some of the shoots, none survived and no adult moths were secured. A series of larvae was preserved for future study.

Insects. Ross E. Hutchins. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice- Hall, Inc., 1966. Xii, 324 Pp. $6.95., Julian P. Donahue

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Excerpt: Contemporary entomological writing usually falls into one of two categories: general "picture-books" designed. for youngsters, and learned monographs and specialized publications that are generally unavailable and incomprehensible to the layman. Insects fills this gap, and interprets modern findings for the advanced amateur, the adult lay public, and even offers insights into aspects of entomology that a professional entomologist, devoted as he is to a specialized field, will find to be new and interesting.

Newsletter Of The Association Of Minnesota Entomologists. Edi Ted By John H. Ma S T E R S . Vol. 1, No. 1. [~Ctober?1]9 66; No. 2 , Not Received; No. 3, Feb. 1967; No. 4, Aug. 1967. Free To Members Of The A.M.E., Who Pay $2.75 A Y E A R F O R Active And $1.75 For Corresponding Memberships, Which Are Open To All By Contacting John T. Sorensen, 5309 37th Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minn. 55417., Ronald S. Wilkinson

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Excerpt: Our brothers in Minnesota have long taken advantage of this good fortune, but only recently has a newsletter appeared to document their activities. It is a folded 24-page silk-screen mimeograph production with heavy stock covers. The inexpensive for math as the usual drawback of muddy type, but a definite improvement can be seen through the course of publication, due to the utilization of better materials. The newsletter accepts contributions "on any aspect of entomology in any part of the world," but "priority in publication will be given to papers of the North Central Region and to papers by members …

The Web Of The Spider. Laura Barr Lougee. Bloomfield Hills, Michigan: Cranbrook Institute Of Science, 1964. 44 Pp. $3.50., Leslie C. Drew

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Excerpt: It is a relief to find such a straightforward and objective work as Lougee's The Web of the Spider. Her brief but lucid descriptions of spider anatomy, silk production and web construction will induce appreciation and observation of these much-maligned animals.

Wild Flowers Of The United States: Volume 1, The North-Eastern States (In Two Parts). Harold William Rickett. New York: Mcgraw-Hill Book Company, 1966. X, 559 Pp. $39.50., Julian P. Donahue

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Excerpt: Many entomologists are faced with the problem of identifying a plant that an insect has been gathering nectar from, feeding on, or pollinating. Unless he is armed with a working knowledge of botany, and can handle the cumbersome keys in our modern floras, h e must resort to a specialist or a picture book.

Some Relative Humidity Reactions Of The Wood-Louse, Cylisticus Convexus (Isopoda: Porcellionidae) In An Olfactometer, Louis F. Wilson

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Generally, wood-lice are confined to habitats where the saturation deficit is low and damp surfaces are available. Cylisticus convexus (De Geer) is one of many species that are found in a relatively wet habitat (Edney, 1954). Allee (1926) was the first to report on some moisture reactions of C. convexus. When he supplied them with dry filter paper, they aggregated strongly to reduce water loss. When he supplied them with very dry paper in a dry atmosphere, the isopods all moved about frantically until they died. Those placed on moist filter paper, however, moved about slowly and remained apart--reacting …

A New Record Of Scaphytopius Magdalensis: Another Plant Disease Vector In Michigan (Homoptera: Cicadellidae), Oscar Taboada, Thomas L. Burger

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Excerpt: Several specimens of Scaphytopius magdalensis (Provancher) were collected by Burger (1966), and brought to the attention of the senior author for verification. This leafhopper, a vector of Blueberry Stunt, is widely distributed in the eastern United States, and southern Ontario and Quebec. This, the first record of a leafhopper virus vector for blueberries in Michigan, increases the list of leafhopper vectors of plant diseases in the state , given in Taboada and Hoffman (1965). to 14.

Grasshoppers Feeding On Red Pine Trees In Michigan (Orthoptera: Acrididae), J. E. Mcpherson, Louis F. Wilson

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Very few North American grasshoppers are true feeders on conifers. The several species of the punctulatus species-group of the genus Melanoplus, as summarized and revised by Rehn (1946), have been reported as occurring on pine, juniper, and cedar, but few reports of actual feeding on conifers have appeared in the literature. Because of this paucity of information regarding the use of conifers as food for grasshoppers, we summarize here observations of several kinds of grasshoppers feeding on red pine (Pinus resinosa Aiton) in 1966 in Michigan.

Seven Species Of Michigan Butterflies Attracted To Fluorescent Light, Ronald Sterne Wilkinson

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Excerpt: Many lepidopterists agree that if mechanically disturbed, butterflies may be attracted to fluorescent light. Yet the entire problem of the attraction of day-flying Lepidoptera to light i s still in the data-collecting stage, and records indicate that mechanical disturbance may not always be a determining factor. Numerous papers on the problem have appeared in recent years, especially in the J.Lepid. Soc., which may be consulted for bibliographical details not attempted in this collection note.

Distribution, Abundance, And Some Habits Of Larvae Of Cicindela Hirticollis (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) On A Lake Michigan Beach, Louis F. Wilson

The Great Lakes Entomologist

In August 1965, numerous burrows of tiger beetle larvae were found on a short expanse of beach along the shore of Lake Michigan in Emmet Co., Mich. Several adults associated with the larvae were captured and identified as Cicindela hirticollis Say. Blanchard (1921) collected C. hirticollis a few miles south of this area in 1917, and reported he had not found it in the interior of either Emmet or Cheboygan counties. In an extensive survey of Michigan Cicindelidae, Graves (1963) found C. hirticollis to be restricted to the sandy shores of three of the Great Lakes. Apparently this insect is …

An Annotated List Of The Collembola (Springtails) Of Michigan, Richard J. Snider

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Excerpt: When work began on the Michigan Collembolain 1959, the Entomology Museum at Michigan State University included only one specimen of the order in its catalog of insects. The University of Michigan had a few vials of specimens determined by Harlow B. Mills, and a modest number was in the Robert R. Dreisbach collection at Midland, Michigan.

At the beginning of my investigation very little was known about the order in Michigan, although monographs had been written on the collembolan faunae of the nearby s t a t e s of Minnesota (Guthrie, 1903), Iowa (Mills, 1934) and New York …