The oviposition behavior of two parasitoid wasps of Fagineura crenativora (Tenthredinidae), Endasys sp. and Aptesis sp. A (Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae; Taniwaki & Watanabe, 2012), were studied in laboratory experiments at room temperature. Both species initially dug into the soil to search for cocoons of their host. On the detection of cocoons, they laid their eggs inside the cocoon; however, in Endasys sp., egg laying occurrs only if the host cocoon has not been previously parasitized by larvae or pupae of other parasitoids. The eggs of parasitoids are ca. 2 mm and ca. 1 mm long in Endasys sp. and Aptesis sp. A, respectively, and can be easily dropped from the body of host inside cocoons.

We observed egg-brooding behavior in two Japanese millipedes, Eutrichodesmus elegans (Miyoshi, 1956) (Polydesmida: Haplodesmidae) and Cryptocorypha sp. (Pyrgodesmidae), under field conditions. In the former, females remained curling the body around the soil-made mound-like egg-chamber (containing eggs) constructed on dead leaves in the litter. In the latter, a female brooded an egg-mass under the bark of a decaying fallen log.

This is a report about a project aimed at rescuing specimens that had been stored in the Rikuzentakata City Museum in Iwate Prefecture, which was devastatingly damaged. Rescue work of plant and insect specimens has been carried out at many museums, insectariums, and universities all over the country, involving many volunteers. This explains how the ongoing unprecedented “rescue of devastated specimens” has progressed.