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Greater Wax Moth - Hodges#5622 (Galleria mellonella)
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Copyright © 2008
Vespula Vulgaris
wax worms? -
Galleria mellonella
Perry County, Pennsylvania, USA
May 20, 2008
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Contributed by
Vespula Vulgaris
on 20 May, 2008 - 3:59pm
Last updated 3 January, 2010 - 1:31pm
Moved
Moved from
Greater Wax Moth
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john and jane balaban
, 11 June, 2008 - 7:23pm
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Moved
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john and jane balaban
, 11 June, 2008 - 7:23pm
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you got it
definitely waxworms.. I feed them to my geckos =)
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Melissa
, 23 May, 2008 - 12:10pm
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well
im not so sure now because i found a moth in the same box that i found the worms. here is the moth:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/186652
and it appears nothing like the wax moth...
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Vespula Vulgaris
, 1 June, 2008 - 4:11pm
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