Re: CULT:Insect Predators of Borer--Circa 1928
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- Subject: Re: CULT:Insect Predators of Borer--Circa 1928
- From: D* M* <d*@ibm.net>
- Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 19:53:35 -0700 (MST)
Griff,
Is it?:
The Mikado
A WANDERING MINSTREL I
Libretto by William S. Gilbert
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan
Original lyrics: "Our warriors, in serried ranks assembled,
Never quail--or they conceal it if they do-- "
The word substituted being warriors.
-Donald
Donald Mosser
dmosser@ibm.net
At 06:46 PM 11/5/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Henryanner@aol.com wrote:
>>
>> Greetings:
>>
>> I have found a scrap of information about possible natural insect predators
>> of borer . . . These are Apenteles militaris Walsh and Amblytekes jucundus
>> Brulle. Both are hymenoptera belonging to the superfamily Ichneumonoidea.
>> both are recorded as parasites of the army worm Cirphis . . .
>
>Well, friends -- Even for a dedicated irisarian, this is getting a
>little boring (no pun intended, of course), so, I issue a challenge:
>
>"Our armyworms in serried ranks assembled,
> They never flinch and they conceal it if they do . . . "
>
>A rhizome of his or her choosing (from what is in my gardens) goes, next
>July, to the first lister who correctly identifies the operetta from
>which the above snippet is taken and supplies the original word for
>which "armyworm" has been substituted."
>
>Griff Crump, along the tidal Potomac near Mount Vernon, VA
>jgcrump@erols.com
>
>
