We have both! I think mosquitoes are the worst. I can take a can of soapy
water and "harvest" an awful lot of beetles. It doesn't work with
mosquitoes!
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 2:52 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Pest
> It puts me in mind of a speech I once attended in NYC given by Dixie Lee
> Ray <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixy_Lee_Ray> I think the time was
> 1974 when she would have been chair of the US Atomic Energy Commission.
> But on this occasion she was speaking as a biologist which was her
> primary occupation before becoming a politician, governor of Washington,
> etc. I don't really recall the subject of her talk except that
> somewhere near the end she made an off-the-cuff remark that God had a
> divine purpose for all the creatures he had created, even the least of
> them. Then she paused briefly and said she had to correct herself...
> that there was one exception... the mosquito. That was a creature that
> had no purpose and no right to exist. I bring this up since I believe
> the Japanese Beetle is probably in second place. :-)
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> Jim Nichols wrote:
>> This time of year, the Japanese beetles become a real pest. The only
>> up side is that they serve as subjects to allow me to learn to use a
>> macro lens up close.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Japanese+Beetle.jpg.html
>>
>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>
>> Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA
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