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> This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --Boundary_(ID_hDg6UcE2LqQCj4dsHvmhag) Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Chris' identification below of the hairy caterpillar is just what I would have said, too, and there was a bit of an outbreak of these on the North Mountain north of Aylesford on Sunday, when a bunch of us walked with Georg= e Alliston on the Nova Scotia Nature Trust land (formerly called the Clem Property). We saw them feeding on beech, apple, and willow, but they were probably feeding on other species of trees and bushes as well, and they wer= e extremely abundant. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville ---------- From: Christopher Majka <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 10:39:47 -0300 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] 2 insects for ID Hi Richard, The caterpillar is=A0Orgyia leucostigma, the White-marked Tussock Moth, a species found feeding on many plants including alder, apple, balsam fir, larch, etc. Photo below: http://www.marylandmoths.com/Moths/Lymantriidae/Orgyiinae/Orgyiini/Orgyia_l= e ucostigma_M_9.jpg Cheers, Chris On 31-Jul-06, at 10:30 AM, Richard Stern wrote: Hi, At the cottage this weekend (Baxter's Harbor) were a number of hairy caterpillars, and also a large dragonfly with silvery wings that glinted stongly in the sunlight. I have posted pictures here - http://www.pbase.com/rb_stern/insects_for_id . If anyone has ID and other info. about these I would be interested to hear. Thanks, Richard --=A0 ################# Richard Stern, 317 Middle Dyke Rd., RR#1 Port Williams, NS, Canada B0P 1T0 rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca rbstern@xcountry.tv sternrichard@gmail.com ################### _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. Christopher Majka - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada=A0 B3H 3A6 (902) 424-6435 =A0 Email <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. --Boundary_(ID_hDg6UcE2LqQCj4dsHvmhag) Content-type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>FW: [NatureNS] 2 insects for ID</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> Chris' identification below of the hairy caterpillar is just what I would h= ave said, too, and there was a bit of an outbreak of these on the North Moun= tain north of Aylesford on Sunday, when a bunch of us walked with George All= iston on the Nova Scotia Nature Trust land (formerly called the Clem Propert= y). We saw them feeding on beech, apple, and willow, but they were pro= bably feeding on other species of trees and bushes as well, and they were ex= tremely abundant.<BR> <BR> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville<BR> ----------<BR> <B>From: </B>Christopher Majka <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca><BR> <B>Reply-To: </B>naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR> <B>Date: </B>Mon, 31 Jul 2006 10:39:47 -0300<BR> <B>To: </B>naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR> <B>Subject: </B>Re: [NatureNS] 2 insects for ID<BR> <BR> Hi Richard,<BR> <BR> The caterpillar is=A0Orgyia leucostigma, the White-marked Tussock Moth, a spe= cies found feeding on many plants including alder, apple, balsam fir, larch,= etc. Photo below:<BR> <BR> http://www.marylandmoths.com/Moths/Lymantriidae/Orgyiinae/Orgyiini/Orgyia_l= eucostigma_M_9.jpg<BR> <BR> Cheers,<BR> <BR> Chris<BR> <BR> <BR> On 31-Jul-06, at 10:30 AM, Richard Stern wrote:<BR> <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE>Hi,<BR> <BR> At the cottage this weekend (Baxter's Harbor) were a number of hairy<BR> caterpillars, and also a large dragonfly with silvery wings that<BR> glinted stongly in the sunlight. I have posted pictures here -<BR> http://www.pbase.com/rb_stern/insects_for_id . If anyone has ID and<BR> other info. about these I would be interested to hear.<BR> <BR> Thanks,<BR> <BR> Richard<BR> <BR> --=A0<BR> #################<BR> Richard Stern,<BR> 317 Middle Dyke Rd.,<BR> RR#1 Port Williams,<BR> NS, Canada B0P 1T0<BR> <BR> rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca<BR> rbstern@xcountry.tv<BR> sternrichard@gmail.com<BR> ###################<BR> <BR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <BR> <BR> <FONT FACE=3D"Times">_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.= _._._._._._._._._.</FONT> <BR> <BR> <FONT FACE=3D"Times">Christopher Majka - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural Histor= y</FONT> <BR> <BR> <FONT FACE=3D"Times">1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada=A0 B3H 3A= 6</FONT> <BR> <BR> <FONT FACE=3D"Times">(902) 424-6435 =A0 Email <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca></= FONT> <BR> <BR> <FONT FACE=3D"Times">_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.= _._._._._._._._._.</FONT> <BR> <BR> <BR> </BODY> </HTML> --Boundary_(ID_hDg6UcE2LqQCj4dsHvmhag)--
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