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The dark dagger (Acronicta tridens) is a moth of the family Noctuidae.The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is distributed throughout Europe (from southern Fennoscandia to the Balkans and Italy), Turkey, the Near East, the European part of Russia, southern Siberia, the Ural, the Russian Far East (Primorye, southern Khabarovsk, southern Amur ...
The smeared dagger moth adult has a wingspan of 3.6–5.4 centimetres (1.4–2.1 in). [1] The forewings have a mottled gray appearance, with orbicular and reniform spots on each dorsal surface that are incompletely outlined and indistinct. [1] Smeared-appearing dark wedge spots are present along the postmedial line with their apices pointed ...
Native Americans used the fruit as a food source—raw, roasted, or dried and ground into meal. [9] They also used the plant leaves as a fiber in basketry, cloth, mats, ropes, and sandals. [ 9 ] [ 6 ] The roots were used as a red pattern element in Apache baskets.
Acronicta psi has a wingspan of 34–45 mm (1.3–1.8 in). [3] These moths have grey forewings with bold black dagger-shaped markings. (The Latin specific name also refers to these markings, as resembling the Greek letter psi, ψ.) [3] The hindwings are dirty grey, generally paler in the male.
Yucca gloriosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to the southeastern United States. Growing to 2.5 m (8 ft), it is an evergreen shrub. It is widely cultivated as an ornamental for its architectural qualities, and has reportedly become established in warmer climates in the wild in various parts of the world.
This splash-dispersal method limits reinfection to nearby fruit or leaves of the same tree. [13] [23] Fruit infections remain latent until fruit maturity. Upon maturing, the mycelium grows into the outer rind, also known as a flavedo. Here in the flavedo, circular lesions form, which are sometimes accompanied by pycnidia.
The Joshua tree is called "hunuvat chiy'a" or "humwichawa" by the indigenous Cahuilla. [11] It is also called izote de desierto (Spanish, "desert dagger"). [12] It was first formally described in the botanical literature as Yucca brevifolia by George Engelmann in 1871 as part of the Geological Exploration of the 100th meridian (or "Wheeler Survey").
The long-tongued nectar bat (Macroglossus minimus), also known as the northern blossom bat, honey nectar bat, [2] least blossom-bat, [3] dagger-toothed long-nosed fruit bat, [1] and lesser long-tongued fruit bat, [1] is a species of megabat. M. minimus is one of the smallest species in the family Pteropodidae, with an average length of 60–85 ...