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membe i-a , FJO nuch ~O , "j,h:'lt many o f th~ t u ce.o r.nd '"tr tj c t c e I h :1VC xcc c tv ed Hi J.lLav c to c a i. t f o r the. uexf never e tt e r-, J.1aity thanks to a 'l.L ,,:110 h ave aent weLt.ct nu , and dnn ' t be di::..,-::?ro inted i f y ou r- con'tr -Lbu'tLo n iB not Ln cLu d cd in th::.Gj !:lf)'I.H". " !-.3 I :J!11 eo f~r b c . r a. n d , I h o pe to do a spf':!citJ. 2 in ~ i ecue n ex L b.i.tneto cov CT scree reall y cx...-eLLcrrt r-eport a fr0 ~ 'l Char-Lea \. Ho t t h e on e l't tJI Dl) , 1io2 I

i n i\ l:.";t Afr .i c :1, and a lot mor'e Lntc re s t.Ln x L'i.cme f rom ev e rvoue , t o- hell) mer cCOV C': l ' :fro~(I I~Y 2 monf.hn d cLuy i n 'th e i lJDUCH this y e nr-, SadLv , 1. d i d not mak ci t t o the i.: : l t ( ; ' ~~01o gic:)1 L'l'v nsrbo ck Gr ou p 's A .G · ~.f . t th.in YC ::'!.;t" in Bdrma ngham ,and T ~ .. i ll un f'o'i-bunu'teLy n u t b e «bf.e to p r oduc e a d Lssp 'l.ay a t th e A. E . S.Exhi b i tion i ll lloun a Lo w en t h e 10 t.l l Oc tober , i :'" o n.ly bc c aur- e o f the £ 1;~ (:hn~.:o::Lor tel 'b ab.Le -thcr-e , Thi,~'l p r'Lc e JJl:".y be all v r.ry "veLl. f'o r- deal ere ,:0 r Id n ,r.; ;~ it~,

n 0\)0 11 p ro Li-c l:".o.r{;in ~ 'bl1 "4: :(0).' '~Itc)f;C t-;:rouP:1 L t k c cur-e eLvcn vho vcu .Ld :il.V3t l i b ::to raee t and dx;;!)1 ny , t ll:i.a t c :tncvitnbly ;:o inC to reduc e i nte ) "st in rr,vine .~lon;:: :::t a 'LL , AG i t i s ahmys ni c e t o mee t neuber a f nc e to t'ac e , I c a n onlytn;,,['.i·: ~ ~d,; on n'L'i.c r-nnt Lve :18 p e :ch;?~ ~ ~ oz-g u...'1 iBj r-r; rt fe ...· mee t i nGs o)~ ou r 0;; 11 thl'OltC Jtt h e y r.~n:' Rt sUit::bl:f contrn 'L p 'Lecea \ [] P. y 11(.... ...1· Le":'cc[;1t· r.Hi1'f, linennn , Lo~·don 0 ....•Br-Lato L) "d.t h help f rojT1 l o cal :3r;hN ,l c or othco' e a't abLd.smnen t.a, If a nyon e :f(~clrth: .t i.;~cy c cu j.c o r rj an l ne a meo t t ng in f airl y cr~si .r.jr acceesu. bt c , c cn t ::.':-0. p .Lr.cosper-nnpc .t r. cy conLd conbuc t u e tt) tr'J t o ,..rr::nre LC il1 ~ thin C'~ I "rn ::.Hl· ~ v « cou'Ld{: .:; ~ ~; co.od nuu j.c i-t from eX1 ~t:.i.l1 g and l..l·o s p cctive ;'l..:: ;.bo r~~ .

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-C h i l l!': ! expe-ct ed uh e n our cl'iGi :1. 3.l ::::r:Lall band f 'or-acd 'tho P.S.l:r. in (~ :o:'ly 1') :';") ,and , ~lZ \:e Gore no v rea t:hir. r~ th~ eo f B in fI1(:"l.l ~::::t: h i p , j i;. ::.ms t be: :;a:!.rLfuD,yobvio u s th~t I canno t con t i nue cco ~-Jinn~inG nlitlci3t nll aGnc ct~ cf th e ! ' . S . G..on r,y Oill1. I n ev:t tabl :: , cha ng '::: G ],ltu.:.~t take p1.t.cc t o kc, Cl) ou r grot....p Ta nni ng ~~r:;moc t h:L~r a :; p 0 8 :;,,; :Lbl t:. 1.... ~.ot of \:IY tim~ i s B' F. n,,:; rols'Her i ng IH'OGP.ec t i vc ll ~rl

me:1beJ"S quer ic8 and 2:rpli c at i o nc~ , nnd tliJ.8 i s sO~0th ing uh i.eh :::o.n l ,(--: h::nca('-Ilj u s t .as eaoi l y by' son COll e cls~o J.iich~~cl a nd li':cances, No3, h~t"e vo lunt e ~ t'ed t .")t ak e o v er t hin tim e ca Il sw:l in{~ tn.r;k , er;p ec i uJ.ly the meMb e rshi p re cnro l:c('.T... :i..n"And r im e'," .J l f~, f'.() unle s n t he r e is t-l 'Q.y ob j ~ction , I {ih;;!l pmj ~'; tL ~G p :u" j; o n t ;1them ".. i th my th~,: ll~ :."3 . Th ~ Tr:c:m't,cr :;lI i p n:i.zE" n 0\-1 rmm~ect ::!, t hat th~:a.·::: sl:..oul !i b {; ..~mor e d pr.i.oc ratic \ray of l'.t!1ni!1g the group ~. :-~:1d d ecisj.(;h8 - a f f Nd.;i nC 2'~.r c )::{(,· fH'~

nhou l d n o t 'uc mnd t, 'by j u r.r :. one p'C' :ro ..m , L 0c 8,Ys elf . I n v i c \-; o ~ the ~ :'.:I~~l...! ,, ·i {l ~

ui s-cr.l butiOl~ ')f our gr()up , it is e:xt l' cmel y cl i f f'ic '.ll "t to CO\fcr cvc- ....'y ft0n,-;i blc::a t u :·t.i on J ·L Y.: ~ l jr to o GC"u r , but b e- f o r e l'le: J' t' Yl n l our ':1cnbc r~hip ·pe r j.od · ~.; t theend of 'Eh c :'; (: £11' , ; h01'l~ tlu::t \,- '~ ,. as a s tnd,:.' I?'.I't'1UP, (: ~'....'1 e n b ...bl:ish :1 r;ujdc orcon n i..i tut ion ~lh:i.clJ a t lennt :.r.cflcct a -th e vic\ol'c o f t1 1l~ n aj u:.ci t~, of i t3 l'l,:"mbt-:-rs,Af! 't;b e c UI'''r,:,:n t r.:.e:-:'::b ~re: , I un. ghri. l1f; you ~l.ll 2. ch a:;c ('l ';.n sPy 1,'h=-~t Y0\ t thi:~lc

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r.1 [ln."t P l'( l ~· N:;atoT . ,·then they bee arne d cf'o rraed ~ :-~ ,:,,:.: '{1 th . right R'1 ,-:l? bcn~~ jn.inc t.r' Lf.nori } , i t occurred t.c me thn·t, an nn i.Lcc xl d an t In the p'l ne tl c m~G~t O ~

: '-;' l ' ~ctinr: -theme Sub r- e qu en 't b rvtche a r-e nr-ed und c r- clear l)l::l:~tic nnd :llD~D u ,i~ina

r .roduced healthy nymnh a , vhj.ch v cz-e t h en t r auarer-red ~t;o l~Gc c?\~cn . ~ I ~t;~l

( ~ ,-:.:"'~ I i; hell) t 'lin1: jnt: it 1S mor -e l il: (>ly to be b ecuune or lack of hC..L{,:ht r o r lJ1D.n

onange s 1;1 the fl :lttish -tvpe of cnge that i s 'th e main crrus e - --_ 110 ~l y)~? ) The t n ccct cxo-c ek e Le to n is mad e o f t wo different l •.ycrs . Thl"! f i r s t , and

("I,~t~ "!" Lay e-r is chitin vh Lch a.c s tron,'S but e xt r-eeeLy f lexible and L ; a r-r.La t cd" '~ ':: l. c t.nr~ to c eLt u'L o sie , I'h La is at r-enrrthencd b~r a pro t ean comp.Le-; known n~:;

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""~ t,.<-C~~~-=::.:s t";-=:.0"=j 1'lnl.~raia wh i c h wea-e Inid ill F-iarch/ll.pril . K(;j) "t :,:t

~ ~/, k,~~-:::L 70 ' F they hatc h ed i n l a t e Hay . bu t d i d not..;;:iJ1 \~> fQ c u rvt ve on the nonnal ecle l;:: tion of f'oodp'Lant sL\ which I tried 'them vtth, They were y cr-:,' fo nd o f

t-;~.:.: ~., 't-mter dr oplets, and t end ed t o stop at the t o p of

-.;;~ ~' c.> ':~'::~; - t he l i d ~ pe r 'ha p a because t hey didn I t hav e n food"'':T>~ __ .,~ .... ~U""

t. ,.'...- .... • which sui ted t h en). The ec{~s we r e 1. Pram x 3rnm~, _ _ _4 U"~ long A...'1d ve r-e an unuouat, shape . 'I'hey a rc gre y,~ .., --.. i h t.h 1~"'" ~ '1J£ ~,,:- ,,:> W 1; e op ercu un dar ke r t han the res t , and the

undersid e i s a ve r:/ liE7.ht c r~ am/er (;y . Tb~y m-ela ~_d g lued onto eur-racec , Th~ ~e wly h['~tched n:!mph3 h~e lig h t (:J€ ..... r. bodies ,uttil"I l<.~c i : eyc:. .hrowll l er:~l and l onG bl c:ck Hllrt white a,llt enna. Th~ body i.s 1. 7 r:.r,1 J.O I~G

10 i o (It:r:: grey und~ .. .rneath, and t h e :m~enna f1.r~ 1. 8c m in l-eng ~h . I h av e h <?d'try ::tt :id(;nti.f::,..lHf~ -th~ :Jp~: :..: ies :.It tite Br itish ;'!a t u ral Hir:itcFJ rIt<'~>€;UJ.ll , il"1 (": i'l~"'Ylt

t l ,~ m'1 l .": H T have , a.nd i t j.s ]Jrobabl:r t'l Narmc n,so i dca SPCCiCfl , l ikel~r 'to belLll!armeB[~us , bu t ns this i ~; from t h e 1.;:11e G only , co u l d be another rt"latcdf' ~H'r:- i'!!s < The co lourinG and <.!""~ i l lust.rat lon f1'(lifl Hes t l\"ood \ B.If .II .:=J ) i.s nho1m.~ UJ y0'l e rul s~c nbove l i t look~ sill'lil ...1' to S. nipyllUJ j n chllpe , n~1d I h ave lU:/l·10 .I.·edT:l\': the illurji;raticn a~; -the pho tocopy \';c~f: no t teo good . Thone m~l!lbcrs11ilo C <;'tJ n ~ to th~ Lei coster e xhi b i t ion :ns.,Y :'~T!lfr mbt!r see i.n ~; the fJt.' t e::mmple \:hic1...:;; ' "IJ. brou{~ht alone i n hin d:l. f;n l ay C::l (O.C ') 11 OUT' tnble . --- . , Tony)

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'l'h e ( :;'lp i tulum o i ' a phw ' r.i d e r; r{ 1"1f1I:: 110 kno',,;} f u nc t i o n , t hour:h u nUlnb r~ r of:~nther · .~ ,l nl.~j. ful r;n{· c ul n. t loT'.:> hriV~ aTJl'('31'ed in p r i t t . It ~ r.: f ound i n a bout h al1'o ,-~' thl'! kno ..m e,,-'r-.3 nnd vr:.rj.f';s e no r:now.;~L:,r i n d r: t ail ~~d ~~h nne, _ a very ll f~ <, ful

t ~,xoncrl\ic chnrnetcr. About th, ~ only :l :~ f i rtite :"l t at ~nlfmt. that c a n be mad e 5..:: that.l t 'L n r"'.h ~--; ("r l t frO~'l ('U':' ::' "'hieh ~ra glll(: c1 +'0 a. Cu.1:: ;Jt r at e ~ thone h t h eo rev e rse .L f)JI'J"t true - fre e cr::~n df) not ;:lll have enpi tUL:-t ) ..

COll ti!l1li nr; Oil th ~ opC"rcul u''1./C;'-;Ji. ;,u h Ln tlH· ~ I(, I j)nn~ on to the JJ <I. ;.enhy ~ ~ :o . 3)nr,.le on J::. t i n.r a t m". You rJ::I V ,'('!':e ':l b" r iJ m t I 1,m:1Q ~om e !J ;-'re con i 0" I. o l)e l' cu l E.in t h is f;J)ccie:::l ~lll! .1 11 11'"':'' ' i, '· l i on" ~" Hq+ i ... I., .. ...j T....... ...,. T, .. _~ -!. .. . .. ~ .,'

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not "Fo und an y more . The B .ti ar~'..tuln capLt.u.Lun i s qut t e n nLfke t h at of M y o tuerk nown f'o rm and in t heory chou Ld b e t.he least likely t o become deta c hed , oo t hemya't e ry r-ema f. n a , Aber-ren f e~gs with t wo o p e r'cu La are <1 ,:-i 'be lu:ll known ; I ,h a"'leonly ce en one i n B. -tLa r-a tum , but have exam Lned dozen s i.n B. ext r ad entatum.

Heferring to C. bra. a r-eu e - bhe eGg does c nrry a smal l p a.Le-e coLcur'edcnpi. tulur.J. p '.\·hi c h i s qui t e re ad i l y detach e d ; this would be on "the I capitulD.point I mell t io:1cd in the n ews j.e t t or-,. --------------------------------_.i ,IFE III THE OO:n:IICAN REl'UB"IG ---- rl i gue l Mom" \ No. 72 )_. I c ame to the DomdnLcan He pub Lkc i n AUf:,".ls t 1geO. Thi s country i 8 v~ry

beauti f ul and abound s in A we alth 0 : exotic p Lan t s , flowers , and t reec , 'rhe~e

is al",,[, ~{ n a lo t of rain dur ing t h e mon t hs of Nov emb e r-, Dec embe r and Hay , but'tncae r ainstorms are qu:' te unl i ke nnyt hf.n g s p.~n in Eng'Land - t hink. o r t heu ard e at r -ai.na 't o rrn i n Eng l and and mult i pl y b y 10J Th e ho t t es t months are J uly,Angt18t and sometimes Decembe r . 'Pe n.p c rrrtur e s v ary l i t t l e , rangin g f rom abou-teo - '.:15 I F. Th e Dom i n ican Repu bLf.c e xpc r i.enc ed a Yery t errifyi n g hurricnn ~ inAugust 1';17';1 , wn e r-e e eve rcj. thous an d p eopl e ve r e killed and r e i n forced co ncretevas buckled by the wind . There art: man y b e autiful be aches and a ,·real t h o finsec t / rep tile/bird l ife inc ludin g hu Ce frO G:: ';I II l ong, snakes, bri ght gre enlizar d 2 with blue eyc~. lJcD.utiful drarsonflies , many locust s, g ras nh opper 3 ,katydi dc , g iant mill ip ed~s , centip ed e s, s ea tUI~les, hltmmi ngbi rdo , bird- ~ atin G

apLde r -a , and mnny more . Th e 10c3.1 peopl e ar~ really fri.ghte!led of' most o f t h eruo r-e f ormidabl e cre a t ures , and many we Lrd a nd wonder-rut. stories ere told abo u tt hem , e .g. 1. That snak e s mov e so fas t because they h av e h:idd en l egs uhi chthey put ou t trh en no one I a l ook i n g and run off : : 2 . Th~t the l i 7.. a r c. ::: grow sobie h e re that t h ey can cat p eopLe f ! 3. That snakes here grow to f al1tazticlencl.hB - 8 me t r e s or mo r e ! !

I h ave co u r f rmed that stick f.nnec te exi.£: t here. the nat av e e call 't-h emlIi>!Hri a Pnl i t o " vhkch roughly t r a nc.l a t cd means "Mary ':] li ·~ tlc . r,-r.iclLl3". I h~N~'"

'been to ld not t o look for t h em since t hey are po Lsonoue and c an kill p.::-ople ZHoweve r, not bel i ev i ng eve rv tb Lng the l ocal peopl e t ell rn e ; . r run Go i ng to l ookfor them . I am ne..~ to Ph am-ri.d e , no c an anyone pl e a s e tell mc ho w to c e ar-ch f or-..hem, nnd i n which mcn't.l.... .:; ~' .-le t ;;:;:;::t:-~ ;;: :,,; ·:~t ;:::'nt'h.~ 1 =.:.-t er r:J.~, ::'.t l1 i;Z~ + " ,.. wh~n<;"

Al.co , how' t o l ook f o r 't hem, and ....rhc tnez- one can use U bea t.Lng " as a mC~L'1 S ofcaptu ring tnem. Does anyone know i f any ap oc Lee n ave ever b e e n identifi e d. f r o::,.the Dorni.ndcan Republ i c? Ei chacl \ No ~ 3) t eLLe me that s t i c k i.n s e c.: t s eat Gu avnLcaves , can any membe r pLe aae sUGf,es t any other tropical f oodplants? I hcpeto r-cpo r-t my f'Lnd Lng a in a. future ?:e l'/S lettel~ .

~ Well , 1 1m sure many of' our nemoo ra ...,il l envy t-i iguel 's new h o rn e courrtry , andwis h him luck. I have alre ady pasced on a s eLec t Lon of Lnf'o rrna't f.on t o :O.e,'Ui:' l ,but 1 1 m cur e h e would l i k e to hear from oth~r members also , s o why not d!~ p

h im a line? For t hose vl io do not yet know, Hien el i s Rev Ad am1 s t the '.,cll-k:10......u~nto ·liolo gist) eiGh t y ea r old son and he ShOHS that h e has follo"Ted his f'at.h e r ' »Lrr t e i-e u t in entornol£r:Z.l_~~!!~_!!_~~_~~_~;k~~~~?:;[_~!!!~~~nt . f i eld • . ._-- rflon~,r)

CAG JD.....,\!lD CO>1TAPlill1l : \ 1) .After p r'on i s Lng an a :ct i c l e on c age's I atmost didn I t d o one , as I nave [;0

many o ther a r-tLcLos and s '1 i np e t s to t rJ to g -= "t in . But , to tI·y to help t.no sewho are starting out , a nd perh aps rsi ve others food fo r thou ght , I nill ~pli~.;

t he propos e-d article i n t o 'two par -t s , ~ t ) Ov a an dmr.nl l nymphs , and t 2) La r g e Ln a e cLa ,Th e r e are two possible w~yc of keeping ova re~dy f orJ1o.tchine , t he clinicnlly c l ean or the H:J.turol t YTl eenv'l.r-cn-a en t , E1 -th e r- type need s a. con t a i n e r ~;o ho Ldt he nevj.y hrr t cncd nymphs s ecurely , and n r event. the:.:tjf r om doing a high s pe ed ZO OUl up the cur-tnj.nn, o r­f. l s b.ppear ing i n t o t he pri ze d houaepl an t fol i.:J.f ~t! . D~. 1you knov t t a 't C. mor o flua l i k e s BegonLn r ex f ol ia.g e'?I-!y ~i fe fo und 30-odd yo un g nymphn on ou're , nl .l do t llGHel l. and ge t t i ng fnt.! \'!e mus t have the on ly cuut..omventilat ed Bego nia ill Cornwall. Anyway , pr'o p r'Le't rrr-yplas t i c bo"":co nO\l a·.~n:i. l ablc from Entomologic ;)·.t.deal e rn HI'~ pl''!hib i t i v?ly o xpcnsive Hnd , as ','<)11 asc~rta in dOMf)st l. C p J.Q3 t J.. C cake e m 't o ,ls, I h av e foundH very n'Lr:0 h c:tchinr: b~..J>~ Cun be ;;'InJt, :i' r\·"ll :111 :. ",(lY~ I'

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·1'lz i ng p l.ru..st .l c \ tI l e': ~ t lf.t' clear pye type ) mnd e into a t\lUi.-"9 as nhocn in -I;!,':,:,~·uHing over t h e :>N~C .. I fi- ul 'Jl c n r vo:-;i;ik f adhoa Lv e t.h e best fo r "'; ~li.. s n :L ::::: t.Loend it e e tn Y~ry flui c lcly. Allo,·! an ove r-Lnp o f abou t i- I ~ v,hi l t": making 'the tub c':::'111."[ nj .i u;~~ t i t t o i~i t ['llUgJ .:.' i n the c nee top and ove r -bh c onue bott om 1 1lJ .hl~j ~

l:e:foTC it dr:'..e s . I do not fi x the pnr- l.a toc:etl1er co t h a t 1 can r eac h top c 1"hid 'tom eaGU:: , a s r, .~ <: '.:ti r -e n , I ~1 o.VC f 0 '.1J11 thu·t n c age h~i G"l1"c of abou-t 4" iz:!;IJl)ut ri f.l ~ t f o ":' moat Phaarr rtdrt , eepecLakLy a n they are only used f er h 3.tch:i.ng srllvi not. .1'C~trinlc~ . l...e they are onl y 2 " d i.umete i- , n good numb er- of tueue can bek ..·pt 'tog e thc r- ill cu.l t e a smal l "place . Ens Lde the cage , the e gGs mny be pLacoden clean d Lsco of houa ehoLd t.La oue , "hich may b e placed on acme cl e e.n sand 0 :..·t r opi c tll J'Ls n fil·Ge r l.'001 . I favou r t he Latit. e'r no it i s much e:'Azic:r- t o ch :,.,:ne g:m J: :i.:,) af. no muc h Li t h tCl' in ",e igh t:. Po r bho ae »pc c j.e a r e quiring no Lc tur-e tol, u. t C11, l:a t Gr may 'l.e spr ayc d or d r-I pp ed on-to 'th e tLoeue wdbhou't 'tforry, as af.L.~he cotnpo n cn t o aoro r-b Hert er, even if t.'"ley have d ried fully ~ Sund , i f aj.Loced-::0 dr~' , c un be d i:ffj.. cu l t to r-e-cno Ls-tur-t ae without mi~·i.nG nond and e m;s to gether~

:t ha ve 'rou nd that til::> tissue , ev en wh e n placed o n sand, a l l o ws for' eaey ClCM-ir.R, p r-e v onbLn « t he grain o f rom at.t.achl.n g to the eggs . 1111 <: a 'L t.ernat tvc t yu on f envd.r-o nme rrt L» trw no s-t n atural, and hence if no t c a r efull y monitored mayno t be the eas i eEt . I r.3 t e a d of t issu e and fro" J. o r sund , the egga arc lef~.;

rrJ .. xe d Hi.'~h t h e f r a e .') and dcbr-t,e and the mi:dl:.r(~ i tse l:f placed i n t h e b o trbo-i o fthe hatching box .. Th e g r €'tltG::J t care must be 't ak e n not to Get the md.x'tu r-e even:';lightlJ' o~..er G. L"Jii l) , cLhe r'wdee Mould sets in v c r r i'aa t , Hith f at al results f'o r'the nf:t'oc t cd eg.{c . In most C&GP.S , wh e n a a pec I os culture has b e e n cet.a b'l Lahodno pnrt.Lc uf e'r e ffo rt n eed be made t o get natu r al hatching :from er:t!;s a t the baae

.o r the c a g-e wlrLch the aduj.t a a :t;>e kept in, a nd as usu a l , only t h e f:b.·st cycl eof hatchi ng need he 'Ha t ch ed c l o s el y .'

Onc e h atched ~ t he younG nymph a should b e t ransferred to a La i-g c z- c on t a i nervi t h fr- esih food p r ov aded , Some nymphs need high humi d ity for the ii ro t f'evl n r:. t a l':1 ::nd, so 8:10 ..'.1<1. h~ ltcp'c in p lastic box e s i n warm places un t il lar{;e l ' ~

:"!otc , ho,,;,yc"lt .:.r, thc.t a l l ca.~ ..: s or bo xcc , '1hutev~r a i.zc chc ncn s h ou l d have a goodh eieht ro r- the nyopus to be a b Le to change t bci.r ski ns s afely. TH'O typ e a of

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ef the pl lJ ~tic . FiG 3 SIJOi-lS t he use of ho rtccu l tural p c.:.::-'t .u to good effect .j·:.., X'k t !!o . tj t-;) Hriten: 1 h nv e fOll ":1d a Ge -" -lcn Cent. r e nC<ll' IJo:luo n whe re I bour"ht[1CJ :'1"3 plen t l ~ rt') p nrHI:o rD n:LI'Iil ,1.r t o " Cr :t s t nl l'nl:.:c c o ll lIh i-c ll f i t on t o n 5 " fl~) ,.; er

pot. • Th('!'1 ~ ,..-(' re the l:p'r,c ci: ~c and co~,t 4,1p cc; l":}J . 'fhe med.i..l£i..'l !ii~~ e ::lrc 30 1) fl11Utll C r: 1~ p...l l onen nro 1'}p . All C) f i;hcoc, wl th fl o \·' c "'· potR , ar(: incal :> f :i~.ll nymph,"';ont .:ll.n c n :. \'[c11 , t:.10::: V [",1'0 a fm'l i (le[lB for (; 0 \: to ke e n ""01"', "'" · d"' h I "h"' l

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PSG! : F.URYCA~lTHA CALC ARAT 1\

Cul t u r e Hi sto I:'{ : Brour,ht i nto Br i tain by A. J .E . H~rrnan i n 1 ~78 f rom acollecting trip t o Papu a , New Gu i nea .

synonY'£ls : None .

Ran ce : Col l ected / noted i nfoll olfing places

Papu a, New Guinea - A. Harman .Keravat ,New Brl t edu andPana~eko , New Irel and - -

Geo f frey Bedfor d \ No . 68)Geo:ffrey r eports i n one ofhis scientific pupers tho +E.calcarata o ccurred i n

: Luea s 1872Firs t descr ibed

were co-c-esdden t o r occur-r-ed insa~e l o cali t y . At Pan ameko, t hreef rond s o f you ng co conu-t palms .

Adul t : The a dult o of E. caj.carae a are fantas t ic l ookin g i ndividu als, b r- ingl arg e and heavi ly bu i lt i n bo t h male and female . The ma l e has a body­l engtn of about 10 5mm whi le the f emale i s sligh t l y l onger at 13Omm ,mostly b e~ause of a l arge beak- like ovipo sitor on her abdo~cn .

Pernaps t he most striking f eature of thi s speci~s i s the e~o~ously

powerful h ind l egs o f the male , which h a s a l arge curved cpi k c o rspu r on t ne ~~dersidc of t he u pp e r part , and can be u s e d very effe ct­i vely. Bo t h sexes hav e a max i mum body ,d d t h o f about 20mm and areslightly f l a t t en ed in c r oss -secti on . The male a bdoo en i s ~oDewhat

shorter and thi nner than t h e -remaj.e t e which ,on c e e~g l ay i n g has begun ,i s qUite swoll en. Bo t h adul t s are ~ d eep pIuc-bla ck a nd have smallt ha In - l i ke serrati ons a round mos t oeement edges ~~d l egs. The defencer ea c t i on s a r e covered l a t e r in t his n ewsle tter .

: Th e ov a a re l a r g e sli gh t ly b en t cylinderical ob jects about 80m lonr,and 4mm in ddnmeter-, 'l'he overall f,round c olour is a pale Gr~:7ish ­o chr e cover ed i n s late g r ejt t:lottJ.ing. The cper cukum is a f la-'(; plateof almost the sam e d inm.e ter as t he ovum, c a pp i n g one end of thecylinde r , and t he micropylar plat e i s peard rop shaped , ar.~ ele c rlyoutlined i n grey on the concave s i d e of the ovum . The f~malcs pu s ht h e ova down into any med Lum whi ch i s soft e nough to penetrate ,,'1tht hei r OViposi t ors . They s t and no rrnaf.Ly on the surface , ar chi ng t h eabdome n t o push verti cally down i nto t he si te selected while c xecut i n;a twi sti ng , rock ing rcc t.Lon vh d. ch a ppar en tly aids p enetrati on o f themediuc .

Nymphs: NewLy h n'tched nymphs ar-e 30-40mrn ove::.-al l end a r e a d i r t y brown co l ourwith white patChes nenr t he t i p o f the i r roltenn a . As they e row, thccolou r chang e a to a pale gr~enish bUff , but in late r i n o t nr s they mayb e pattern ed in a p retty Rr~en or the adul t pl~~-blc~k mArki n~s overt h e buff gro und c oLour-, All the nympha I hove seen r'ea ch ma'tu r-Lt yl o e e t h e ir v ru-Lcue c oLou r e and OCCOr.lE: a pale pLum c oLour' Lmmcd l8.t ,:;: 'Ly... -('.' '''' .. . ""......... ... .. '" n ....... +.., .. .,. ...,, 1 ...-' , .... ~,..,...n" ...... -I .... -l- -I -,! ", '!"'!'\ •.., ..,.,..~ .,...,., rl n ..,·!", ..,1:"': .-. · · ..1.

6.hLa ck s hade in sone indivd.dunl s , Noe t of thl 0 p age 1 0 a aumm uz-yof n 6 p age report by F. l ch a e l U.i .,l I!' ranc l?s ~ No.3) uh i ch apace does no tallow me t o i nclude co np letely: E .calcar~ta a rc hyper-gr egarious atall s t ages , r es tinc lite r ally piled on e on to p of the other . Yo~~g

nympha c ong r ega t e a t the top of the f couplani , and older \ about 4ti1Int;t 3.r+ ) nym pha u su a 'lLy on the f lo'j r of the c cge , oJ. t hou gh s ome Lnr.r onym pns may r e s t wit h the amsrLLe z' ones . \ I f g iven the cpt.Lon , l arg eny~phs/adults will al ways hide unde r debris a t Rroun d l evel, e .g. mo ss ,t v l~s , b r an ch es o r 11 t t e r , or i n c revi c es , s o they should be p rov Ld edvt. th s omet hing s im i lar - Tony ) We have provided a Buit abl e si zed h oLj.ovcylinder in l i eu o f n o ea whi ch i s not available a round u s , and thi sproved to be quite sat isfac t o rJ _ A f ew pe r ch on t he inner ceilin~ ofthis . hanging u ~~ ide down , durin ~ t h e r es t period ~ . I t i s amu3ing tosee those nymphs who want t o r es t on the floo r walking dOwn the fo od­plant i f g iven a sudden "davn" ct night. S~vinski \ 1':;178 ) r eports t hpti n nature , t hese a re the most cr-owded stic:o{s J.·~t observed , 68 havf.ngbee~ f ound in a s ingle cavi t y.

Def en ce: Fir s t i n s t ar nymphs I:l2y skitter afd ewaye when distur bed , l ike k i t t cn c.Larger ones cay f all about , doing aomexeauj,t ar or t hey ::lay jus t ~!.aJ.k

det ermi nedl y a~ay . At about 4t h i~s tar , t hey s t art t o exhibit theirwhol e batt ery of l~st lncts which are mo re pro~ounced , but slightlydif f e r e nt i n males a" d fe~ale9, even at t his s ize . ~ben di s t urbed--l i k esome o t her Phasmids - - they u su all y cur l thei r tails upward tlooks l i kea st r ik ing snake 1n thi s species-~ony ) , but males may also cur l thedownward s- t he aarae l';t i ck somcti.I:les changing his IJind on oucces sfveoccasions . At the s ame time , t he male may gi7 e vent t o t he " r-ob-tensewage II smel l . Fortunately , they don 1 t eeee to be able to d o t his unt i ladul t , or t oo often : lG eoff rey l No. 68 ) i n his pap e~ on thi s s peci es ,r epo rts t hat the smell appears t o come fro~ ~eterial in the copulatol~

organ , which i s everted r epea t edl y dur i ng t his r eac t i on. ) D~rine thiostance , both sexes may also move wi th a s l ow away, cl~tching t heirsupport ext ra f i rcly and crouchi nG ve~ l ow. ~e fi~al defe~~ive ~ctjon

i : ;ra..:.~il1g~ i,U.'e d. ..... s r-eg arded i s -c he o u cspr-oad n i.nc Leg a , o rin ~ing thespines along the underside of the l egs i nt e pos i t i on f or act i on . ~hc

mal es hav e t he heav Ler ar:nament , and t he l egs, vhen brought t oget herin t he doubl e l egged pi n ch can cause bl ood t o be drawn . l Th e females ,even though much l es s power ful , can s t i l l cause dLs comro r-t w1.th bhesmal l er apLn ea as t hey are qud t e a bit 1U0re p o wer f ul and sharper than ,say , a f emal e E. tlarat~~ --Tony ) Franc es l f r om exper i ence ) s~ys that themales use thei r bi g spikes l Whi ch, i ncidentall y are u se as fish-hook~

by the nntives of New Gui nea , acco rdi ng to Balf a1 r \ ? ) i n 1 ~1 5) t o Gr~spend t hen actually jab t hei r smalle r tho~s t o draw bl ood . l Geo f frcy onthe o the r hand ment i ons t hat i t i s the nut cracker ac t i on of the hi ndl eg whi ch pushes the l Rrge spikes ~nto t he f lesh ~hich caus es blood t obe d r awn . ~~ichever t h e way it i s , ! for one vill no t try to checkei t h er ob s ervation , t hank you - - Tony} I f i n t he cour ae ;)f handl.Lnr; youdo f i nd you are caught , p~bably t he best t bing to do is gr i n t??) ~~dbear i 1; , as they :::lay not pr ess home the attack i t' you r-emafn passi ve ;If ctnrtl ed , the ~a1eg can ~Ove ve ry f as t . \ 30 C2~ the fe~ales - a~d

t h e speed gener all y t nc r-eaecs "d.th t e!.Cper at u:-e as wit h most insect s - II,' }Well , Hichnel and Fra~ces h av e so~e i nt "? r es t i ng ob~ ervation s on theaggresa i veness of E _ calcar~ta ~ctween ~nleM ~1lich I shall have to t rYt o i nclude next t ime as I ne ed a bit of $pn,cc at the end .' .

Co~rnen t ~ : Although t his 6p~cies i s po ten~1ally a bit ~ore dangerous th~~ ~ost

of t he other speci~2 I have found that if treated Gent l y , t hey arcqUi t e docile . T~cy :nU3t be ukLowed to '''''nl k on-to your band chen adultr a t her than trJ to p t cl: then up , end the re ".fill be no pro bj.era , so don I tb e put off 'Wit h ny wa.rn Lng i n the Laa t nc....s 'tc t'tcr. ~hera ar e sti l l somesurplus nymphs and ov a n"'l a i lab::"e l i':n~ e lf 'p 25p and ;·lic'h.ac l '} 38P )

Food pl ~n t ~ : Br a':lbl e , Tr D,l!es c n.."1 t i n . Cr-o t ont Cod Lacu .n v nrie '7attlr.1) , lia~tho rn .-_.._-------------_.._------------Sorry to cut this off , b~t I an puttln~ i n a note that I uj ll be at the A . ~ . 8.

raee t Lng ev en tho ..1 f,'h "Ai t hou t a d Ls nLay , To h e l l> ue-ibe r-e !"r.'ca::n"!.Be each othe rI a-a enc'los Ln -r n small P . S.V . badge ~o vear- , so l eta tr:t to 'J; e t t 0f:cthp. r :~nd__ •• \. ~l' ... 'T' _ t.. ~.,~ " __,... ... .... .> __ • _