Monday, July 6, 2009

IFO not UFO

Not the Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM) about which there was so much hyperventilating these past few months in central Kahleeforneeya, but looking very much like it (though ours is more dapper and distinguished, I think), this is the Garden Tortrix http://bugguide.net/node/view/32034/bgimage Clepsis peritana.  He is causing a kerfuffle in GH room 2 at the moment, but I'm going to introduce him to bacillus thurengiensis http://www.ebi.ac.uk/2can/genomes/bacteria/Bacillus_thuringiensis.html and see how they get along.

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