Putaputaweta Too
I was very pleased to see the puriri moth account in your recent Forest & Bird article. I worked on the biology, ecology, and evolution of this insect for about six years. It was my good fortune to discover that the caterpillars fed on bracket fungi but I found the period to be no more than three months (and it could be quite a bit less). Larvae may climb hosts to begin the next phase of their existence but they may also climb non-hosts. In my study of puriri moth larvae in putaputaweta, development varied from nine months to about four years. These points are not to detract from what I found to be a fine article. It’s always a pleasure to see integration of plant and animal interactions. J.R. Grehan, Assistant Curator, Frost Entomological Museum, Pennsylvania State University
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Forest and Bird, Issue 292, 1 May 1999, Page 3
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140Putaputaweta Too Forest and Bird, Issue 292, 1 May 1999, Page 3
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