tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post7843082006458410734..comments2024-03-27T18:20:38.176-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Can anyone identify these "sand tunnels?"Minnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-9985281577342158742010-08-08T14:35:12.204-05:002010-08-08T14:35:12.204-05:00I actually had found one of the tunnel building mo...I actually had found one of the tunnel building moths on this prairie - it took me a while to get it identified and figure out that it had probably built the tunnels. <br /><br />Here's the link to the photo I took - on bugguide: http://bugguide.net/node/view/412725<br />If you go to the info page for the moth, you'll see a link to the original article about Prionapteryx nebulifera, and the sand tunnels it builds, written in 1905.<br /><br />Thanks for your help!marcie oconnorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08856023529734671454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-61797594458497489222010-06-08T07:53:09.918-05:002010-06-08T07:53:09.918-05:00Thank you for your help! I think I'll go back...Thank you for your help! I think I'll go back and see if I can find some larvae in the sand tubes. If I can, I'll try rearing them to see if I can get adults that can be identified. What a great puzzle! <br /><br />Marciemarcie oconnorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08856023529734671454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-805379695476739542010-06-07T15:56:02.754-05:002010-06-07T15:56:02.754-05:00or maybe perhaps this obscure reference would help...or maybe perhaps this obscure reference would help.<br /><br />Olethreutes dimidiana<br /><br />On the biology of the sand areas of Illinois, Volume 7, Issue 7<br /><br />Lethreutes dimidiana Sodoff? (U.S. Bur Ent., det.). H.1,2; Je. 7,8 (all immature). In these two localities many cylindrical tubes of webbed sand were found extending up the stems of Onagra Biennis, Cassia chamaecrista, and Ambrosia (?), often as much as two feet long, and following most of the stems of the plant, reaching the top, where the new growth had been fed upon. In one case a short tube was formed on the surface of the bare sand. These tubes closely resemble those figured by Daecke (’05) for Prionapteryx nebulifera, from sand areas in New Jersey. In these tubes were found small and very active tortriciform larvae. Mr. J. J. Davis of the University of Illinois, submitted an example to Mr. Daecke, who replied that it was no the same as his species. Mr. Davis was successful in securing an an adult from these larvae June 30, and the Bureau of Entomology at Washington has determined it for him as Olethreutes dimidiana, A European species, reported also from Missouri. The larva of this species, however, according to Treitschke, is quite differently marked from our specimens, feeds on birch and elder, and occurs in August instead of June, pupating in September and emergin the following May. <br /><br />http://books.google.com/books?id=DgMuAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA249&ots=KP8LMBpu91&dq=webbed%20tubes%20of%20Sand&pg=PA250#v=onepage&q=webbed%20tubes%20of%20Sand&f=falseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-11873000701022450852010-06-07T15:29:49.088-05:002010-06-07T15:29:49.088-05:00Snailcase Bagworm – Apterona helix?Snailcase Bagworm – Apterona helix?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-16021706654594083612010-06-01T11:13:12.983-05:002010-06-01T11:13:12.983-05:00Sort of reminds me of the ant mound Swamp posted o...Sort of reminds me of the ant mound Swamp posted on their blog...<br />http://swampthings.blogspot.com/2010/05/put-on-happy-face.htmlnfmgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03677291537193518055noreply@blogger.com