Sorry to bother the whole list with this, but I've mislaid Dennis' address.
Does anyone know what the bug referred to in this forwarded message might
be? I think she's in Florida.

TIA,
Peggi
>
>I tell you what - I can't tell you if it's legal or not to import birds
>from state to state, but if someone wants to become a multi-billionaire,
>we have an insect here that appears in June called a horseguard. It is
>vividly striped in yellow and black and you would swear its bite is
>lethal to humans. It is quite formidable looking - about 1-1/4 to
>1-1/2" long, and it hovers no higher than a horse's belly. It snatches
>up flies from their legs, and occasionally an eye. That's their job and
>they are exquisitely efficient. They grab and eat on the wing. It's an
>instantaneous thing and fascinating to watch. I have quite an article
>on them. They will also touch a person lightly to snatch an offending
>fly off a leg. Never bite or sting. I look forward to them every year
>because our donkeys suffer from thin skin and tasty blood and I have
>been known to put stretch pants with suspenders on them. May
>
>



Peggi Rodgers
Oregon Research Institute
Eugene, OR
peggir at ori.org
prodgers at efn.org
"A bird does not sing because it has an
answer, It sings because it has a song"