Re: CULT:Insect Predators of Borer--Circa 1928
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- Subject: Re: CULT:Insect Predators of Borer--Circa 1928
- From: "* L* C* <c*@pipeline.com>
- Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 08:35:15 -0700 (MST)
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
Griff: "Our warriors in serried ranks assembled, Never quail and they
conceal it if they do. And I wouldn't be surprised if nations trembled
before the mighty troops, the troops of Tittipoo." A verse of "A Wandering
Minstril I" sung by Nanki Poo in the opening minutes of Act I, "The Mikado,"
Gilbert and Sullivan. Next verse begins "And if you long for a song of the
sea we'll heave a capstan round..." Luckily, e-mail transmits lyrics only
so I can't sing it for you.
Ed
Edmund L. Castillo in Loudoun Co., VA
castillo@pipeline.com
