The Gloworm
Gloworm 12
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</font></center> <h1><center><font>The
Gloworm</font></center></h1> <p><font><br>
</font></p> <p><font>12 November 1994<br>
Volume 2: no. 11<br>
</font></p> <p><font> <hr> </font></p> <p><font>This is the 26th Gloworm
and concludes the second full year of writing monthly newsletters. It
is fun, but at times it's also hard work coming up with things that
will encourage, entertain and perhaps educate those who read the
letter. You have all been very supportative with your letters. When I
began this project, I resolved to share thoughts and ideas of other
people when they sent them to me, but I can't seem to get many of you
to send me your `buggy' stories. Maybe some will be motivated to do
that in 1995. "If you'll send'em, I'll print 'em." I tried to end
last year with some entomological verse and will do so again this
year. We've also included some other offerings this year.</font></p> <p><font><table border="0" cellspacing="10" width="84%" align="center"> <tr> <td> <p></p><div align="left"> <p>How large unto the tiny fly,<br> Must little things appear! --<br> A rosebud like a feather-bed,<br> Its prickle like a spear:</p> <p align="right"><font><i>from The Fly by Walter de la Mare</i></font></p> <p>Today I saw the dragon-fly<br> Come from the wells where he did lie.</p> <p>An inner impulse rent the veil<br> of his old husk; from head to tail<br> Came out clear plates of sapphire mail.</p> <p>`He dried his wings: like gauze they grew;<br> Through crofts and pastures wet with dew<br> a living shaft of light he flew.'</p> <p align="right"><font><i>from Tennyson The two voices</i></font></p> <p>`Tis vain to talk of hopes and fears<br> and hope the least reply to win,<br> From any maid that stops her ears<br> In dread of ear-wigs creeping in!</p> <p align="right"><font><i>in Love lane by T. Hood</i></font></p> <p>The locusts have no king, yet go forth all of them in bands.</p> <p align="right"><font><i>Solomon: Proverbs 30:25</i></font></p> <p></p></div> </td> <td> <p></p><div align="left"> <p><font>"Insects generally must lead a jovial life.<br> Think what it must be to lodge in a lily.<br> Imagine a palace of ivory and pearl, with pillars of silver<br> and capitals of gold, and exhaling such a perfume as<br> never arose from human censer.<br> Fancy again the fun of tucking one's self up for the night<br> in the folds of a rose, rocked to sleep by the gentle sighs<br> of summer air, nothing to do when you awake but to<br> wash yourself in a dewdrop, and fall to eating your<br> bedclothes." </font></p> <p align="right"><font><i>--unknown (from 1912 text, "How to Speak in Public", G. Kleiser, Funk & Wagnalls</i></font><font>)</font></p> <p>What about predation and the lack of legal representation? What about benzene rings adorned with chlorine? What about one night stands and single mothers with 300 offspring on their hands? What about entomologists, amateur collecting enthusiasts and manipulating physiologist?</p> <p>These insects must surely be, from an idealized life history.</p> <p align="right"><font><i>B.White</i></font></p> <p>And as it works, the industrious Bee<br> Computes its time as well as we.</p> <p align="right"><font><i>Andre Marvel in The Garden</i></font></p> <p></p></div> </td> </tr>
</table> </font></p> <p><font>To really brighten up your
Holiday Party for Entomologists, the following recipes are offered.
They come to us via Kathy Gee and Julie Stephens of Iowa State
University.</font></p> <p><font><table border="0" cellspacing="10" width="75%" align="center"> <tr> <td> <p></p><div align="center"> <p><b>Bug Blox</b></p> <p></p></div> <ul> <li>2 Large packages of gelatin</li> <li>2 1/2 cups boiling water (don't use cold)</li> <li>as many dry-roasted leafhoppers as you catch and roast!</li> </ul> <p>Stir boiling water into gelatin. Dissolve completely. Then stir in the dry-roasted leafhoppers (other insects may be substituted).</p> <p>Pour mixture slowly into a 13X9 inch pan. Chill at least 3 hours. Dip the pan bottom in warm water for about 15 seconds to loosen the gelatin then cut the blox using a cookie cutter. If the blox stick dip the pan into the warm water again.</p> <center><b>Banana Worm Bread</b></center> <ul> <li>1/2 cup shortening</li> <li>3/4 cup sugar</li> <li>2 mashed bananas</li> <li>2 cups flour</li> <li>1 teaspoon soda</li> <li>1 teaspoon salt</li> <li>1/2 cup chopped nuts</li> <li>1/4 cup dry-roasted armyworms</li> <li>3 eggs</li> </ul> <p>Mix ingredients and baked in a greased loaf pan at 350 degrees F. for about 1 hour.</p> <center><b>Entomologist's wish list</b></center> <ul> <li>Black light with battery</li> <li>Subscription to YES</li> <li>'new' book <i>Insects of North America</i></li> <li>Collecting kit bag</li> <li>Tuition to entomology camp</li> </ul> </td> <td> <p></p><div align="center"> <p><b>Chocolate Chirpie Chip Cookies</b></p> <p></p></div> <ul> <li>2 1/4 cups of flour</li> <li>1 tsp. baking soda</li> <li>1 tsp. salt</li> <li>1 cup softened butter</li> <li>3/4 cup sugar</li> <li>3/4 cup brown sugar</li> <li>1 tsp. vanilla</li> <li>2 eggs</li> <li>1 12oz pkg chocolate chips</li> <li>1 cup chopped nuts</li> <li>1/2 cup dry roasted crickets</li> </ul> <p>Preheat oven to 375 deg F. Combine flour baking soda and salt in a small bowl. In a large bowl combine butter, sugar (both kinds) and vanilla; beat until creamy. Beat in eggs. Gradually add the flour mixture and the insects, mix well. Stir in the chocolate chips. Drop by rounded measured spoonfuls onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 8 - 10 minutes.</p> <p> </p> <p><b>Here's hoping that you all have a very Merry Holiday season and that 1995 will be the happiest and most prosperous yet. </b></p> <p> </p> <center><font><b>Happy Bugging!</b></font></center> </td> </tr>
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<b><i>Dr. Michael R. Williams</i></b><br>
Entomology & Plant Pathology<br>
<b><i>Box 9775</i></b><br>
<b><i>Mississippi State, MS 39762-9775</i></b><br>
phone - 601-325-2085<br>
home - 601-323-5699<br>
FAX - 601-325-8837</font></p> <p><font><br>
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