Gloworm 12
The
Gloworm
12 November 1994
Volume 2: no. 11
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.
How large unto the tiny fly, from The Fly by Walter de la Mare Today I saw the dragon-fly An inner impulse rent the veil `He dried his wings: like gauze they grew; from Tennyson The two voices `Tis vain to talk of hopes and fears in Love lane by T. Hood The locusts have no king, yet go forth all of them in bands. Solomon: Proverbs 30:25 "Insects generally must lead a jovial life. --unknown (from 1912 text, "How to Speak in Public", G. Kleiser, Funk & Wagnalls) 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? These insects must surely be, from an idealized life history. B.White And as it works, the industrious Bee Andre Marvel in The Garden
Must little things appear! --
A rosebud like a feather-bed,
Its prickle like a spear:
Come from the wells where he did lie.
of his old husk; from head to tail
Came out clear plates of sapphire mail.
Through crofts and pastures wet with dew
a living shaft of light he flew.'
and hope the least reply to win,
From any maid that stops her ears
In dread of ear-wigs creeping in!
Think what it must be to lodge in a lily.
Imagine a palace of ivory and pearl, with pillars of silver
and capitals of gold, and exhaling such a perfume as
never arose from human censer.
Fancy again the fun of tucking one's self up for the night
in the folds of a rose, rocked to sleep by the gentle sighs
of summer air, nothing to do when you awake but to
wash yourself in a dewdrop, and fall to eating your
bedclothes."
Computes its time as well as we.
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.
Bug Blox Stir boiling water into gelatin. Dissolve completely. Then stir in the dry-roasted leafhoppers (other insects may be substituted). 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. Mix ingredients and baked in a greased loaf pan at 350 degrees F. for about 1 hour. Chocolate Chirpie Chip Cookies 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. Here's hoping that you all have a very Merry Holiday season and that 1995 will be the happiest and most prosperous yet.
Dr. Michael R. Williams
Entomology & Plant Pathology
Box 9775
Mississippi State, MS 39762-9775
phone - 601-325-2085
home - 601-323-5699
FAX - 601-325-8837