The BugFiles Newsletter

Covering the events of June 17, 2007.
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Gardening Quote of the Day

"I find the human propensity to try to "qualify the unqualifiable" intensely interesting, and it is most apparent in the constant debate--may I say squabble?--about plant names. Yet how else can we communicate with each other with some degree of accuracy?"

(DG member "suncatcheracres")

The BugFiles Photo of the Day

Hammerhead Worm (land planarian) (Bipalium kewense)
By DonnaA2Z

BF Photo of the Day

Activity Report:

2 new bugs were added to the database.
3 new comments were added.
19 new images were added.

Bugs added yesterday:

Hover Fly (Eupeodes luniger)
Moth, Red-bordered Emerald Moth (Nemoria lixaria)

Images added yesterday:

Image Hover Fly (Eupeodes luniger)
Image Hover Fly (Eupeodes luniger)
Image Hover Fly (Eupeodes luniger)
Image Hover Fly (Eupeodes luniger)
Image Soldier Fly (Chloromyia formosa)
Image Soldier Fly (Chloromyia formosa)
Image Eastern Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)
Image American Painted Lady, Painted Beauty, Virginia Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)
Image American Painted Lady, Painted Beauty, Virginia Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)
Image Sachem Skipper (Atalopedes campestris)
Image Sachem Skipper (Atalopedes campestris)
Image Moth, Red-bordered Emerald Moth (Nemoria lixaria)
Image Neighbor Moth (Haploa contigua)
Image Neighbor Moth (Haploa contigua)
Image Rosy Maple Moth (Dryocampa rubicunda)
Image Rosy Maple Moth (Dryocampa rubicunda)
Image Carolina Sphinx Moth, Tobacco Hornworm (Manduca sexta)
Image Zebra Swallowtail (Eurytides marcellus)
Image Zebra Swallowtail (Eurytides marcellus)

Comments added yesterday:

Rating Member Bug
pford1854 Sachem Skipper (Atalopedes campestris)
Valsrich Japanese Beetle (Popilla japonica)
technegardeners Carolina Sphinx Moth, Tobacco Hornworm (Manduca sexta)

Final Notes

Thank you for reading the BugFiles Newsletter.

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

 

And that's the way it was... June 17, 2007