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From: ap730224@sjuvax.UUCP (Anthony Perre)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Re: Big Bug Book?
Message-ID: <1703@sjuvax.UUCP>
Date: 15 Nov 88 17:55:23 GMT
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Reply-To: ap730224@sjuvax.UUCP (Anthony Perre)
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Organization: St. Joseph's University, Phila. PA.
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>I have been trying to reach a local entomologist at a nearby
>university, so far with no luck.
>
>Anyway,  I brought the half-ant/half-worm thing into work
>and got the following responses --
>1) It's an Earwig.
>   Nope, not even close (showed them a picture).
>2) It's a queen ant.
>   Not one that I've found in any book I've looked in.
>   This bug uses it's abdomen as an inchworm would if it
>   had to back-up in a hurry.
>3) It's a, uh, hhhmmm...
>4) It's ugly, GET IT OUT OF HERE!

If you go to the United States department of Agricultural research,
the staff entemologist will be happy to help identify an insect that
you cannot classify. About two months ago while doing an ecology
project, my partner and I stumbled apon a Bipalium kewense which is
not supposed to be found in this part of the country. (phila.) We 
were astonished especially because it was discovered after a frost.
Hopefully we have found something here. When I went to the U.S.D.A.
research center, the entemologist said that all we had to do was
bring in the organism and he would help us classify  it.
    As far as finding classification books go, just go to a library
of Natural Sciences. They will definitely have it.




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