10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GHOST MOTH»
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An Introduction to Australian Insects
The bentwing ghost moth, Zelotypia stacyi, is an orange-brown moth whose
females have a wingspan of 230 mm. Their larvae tunnel in eucalypts. The
common splendid ghost moth, Aenetus ligniveren, is pale green and its larvae
attack ...
Phillip W. Hadlington, Judith A. Johnston, 1998
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International Wildlife Encyclopedia: Sweetfish - tree snake
Swift moths include some of the largest known moths, with wingspans up to 10
inches (25 cm). Pictured is a female ghost moth. The common swift moth. Most
European and North American species ...
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Processing Chain Interactions in a Grassland Detrital Food ...
In the California coastal prairie, yellow bush lupines (Lupinus arboreus)
experience mass die-offs, producing large quantities of woody detritus. Live
lupines are fed upon by the stem-boring caterpillars of the ghost moth, Hepialus
californicus, ...
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British Country Life in Spring and Summer: The Book of the ...
As to the female ghost moths, I did not see them engaging in this dainty play,
though several were hovering over the grasses. The female's movements slightly
differ from the male's. From what I have seen, GHOST MOTH EVENINGS 85
Ghost ...
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Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America
Among the largest micros are the GHOST MOTHS (Hepialidae), such as the
Silver-spotted Ghost Moth (Sthenopis argenteomaculatus). These fast- flying
moths, active only at dusk, seldom come to lights, so they may go unnoticed, but
males ...
Eric R. Eaton, Kenn Kaufman, 2007
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Life and Sport in Hampshire
Mr. W. H. Hudson once remarked to me that the whole outlines of the ghost
moth's wings are clearly seen as it swings or hovers, and I thought this might be
because the wings did not move so quickly as those of other hovering moths —
whose ...
George Albemarle Bertie Dewar, 1908
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Chambers' Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge
199 Ghost-moth (Hepialus humuli), a species of moth very common in many parts
of Britain, of which the caterpillar, popularly known as the ' Otter,' often commits
great ravages in hop gardens, devouring the roote of the plants. It reeds also on ...
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American Revisions and Additions to the Encyclopaedia Britannica
GHOST-MOTH (Hepialus humuli), a species of moth very common in many parts
of Britain; the caterpillar devours the roots of the hop, nettle, burdock, and some
other plants. The moth belongs to a small family (Hepialidae), often popularly ...
William Harrison De Puy, 1892
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Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society
THE DANCE OF THE GHOST MOTH. Mr. E. D. Keith, of Providence, R. I., writes
of his 191 5 experiences : " I see great differences in collecting conditions since I
began in 1900. The past five years especially have brought many changes, ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GHOST MOTH»
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The Gold Rush for Himalayan Viagra Begins in Nepal
... “it appears as parasitic mushroom spores (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) infect, kill and mummify the ghost moth larva living inside the soil. «Global Voices Online, May 15»
Show preview: William Hooker, Daniel Carter, Watson Jennison …
He is a member of the cooperative free jazz groups Test, Other Dimensions In Music, odon and Ghost Moth. Like Parker, he has graced our ... «Detroit Metro Times, May 15»
Ghost Moth author Michele Forbes: 'I was a child when my mum died …
She had quite a few Dear John letters before the Bellevue Literary Press in New York published Ghost Moth, to widespread acclaim. «Belfast Telegraph, Nov 14»
Michael S. Yamashita/National Geographic Society/Corbis
It starts with the larva of the ghost moth — a caterpillar that lives underground. A fungus invades the larva, kills it and consumes the body. «NPR, Nov 14»
Himalayan Viagra Harvest Successfully Regulated by Local Tibetan …
... gunbu (or 'summer grass, winter worm'; Ophiocordyceps sinensis) results from a fungal infection in ground-burrowing ghost moth caterpillars. «International Business Times UK, Oct 14»
Parisitic practices of caterpillar fungus trade make the skin crawl
A fungus that parisitizes and kills ghost moth larvae before extending a fruiting body from its mummified corpse, it is somewhat grisly on its own ... «WantChinaTimes, Oct 14»
Indies strong on Waterstones Autumn Book Club list
... Brown), Ghost Moth by Michele Forbes (Orion), Sedition by Catherine Grant (Little, Brown), Love and Treaure by Ayelet Waldman (Hodder), ... «The Bookseller, Sep 14»
Irish fiction at Edinburgh with Donal Ryan and Michèle Forbes …
Michèle Forbes looks back a little further with her debut, Ghost Moth, a novel which conjures up Belfast at the dawn of the Troubles in 1969 and ... «The Guardian, Aug 14»
Yarsagumba: Biological Gold
... mummify a ghost moth larva living in the soil. A spindly fungus later sprouts from the dead caterpillar host's head. Two to six centimeters long, ... «The Diplomat, Aug 14»
Tibetan Security Official Gunned Down in Sichuan
The parasitic fungus, which feeds on ghost moth larvae and grows out of their bodies buried in mountainous meadows, is highly prized in ... «New York Times, Jun 14»
