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I saw my first sighting ever of a monarch in Bible Hill on a tiny patch of common milkweed on the roadside of Warren Drive. Thrilling! I wonder how they find these tiny isolated patches of milkweed. Do they smell the fragrance of the plant?? Mary ----Original Message Follows---- From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca To: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>, Nancy Nickerson <nickersonn@agr.gc.ca> Subject: [NatureNS] Valley MONARCHS -- still egg-laying by adults, small and large larvae, etc. Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 15:28:13 -0300 [I just found this in my Drafts folder and perhaps it had never been sent? Apologies if this is the second time you have seen this. JW] Thanks again, Nancy! You beat me to it, in visiting those milkweeds not far from the Port Williams School. Your report sounds great, like the monarchs are having a big year, both in terms of having recovered in a big way from the heavy mortality in Mexico overwintering sites two? or three? winters ago, and in having another big reproductive year. Thus the reports earlier of migrating monarchs at Cape Sable Island remain enigmatic. Murray or Johnny et al., anything more to add to this, in terms of more recent sightings at CSI? Cheers from Jim in Wolfville, 542-9204 ---------- From: "Nickerson, Nancy" <NickersonN@AGR.GC.CA> Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 09:58:25 -0400 To: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> Subject: RE: Acadia Woodland Trails Saturday 22 July 2006; Monarch update Hi Jim: Yes, a lot of egg-laying has been going on in my Swamp Milkweed patch and there are now a few more very small larvae. This morning I visited the patch of Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) [not far from] the Port Williams school. At 8:30 there were already eight adult Monarchs visiting the flowers, laying eggs, hanging out in the trees and generally going about the business of being adult Monarchs. There were lots of eggs, especially on the smaller (younger) milkweed shoots on and near the paths, a few very small larvae, and three large larvae that will probably pupate within the next day or so. I didn¹t see any pupae. This is a good, relatively accessible place to see not only the various stages of the Monarch life cycle but also other insects that visit milkweeds. There were various other butterflies, moths, beetles, lacewings etc. that would be worth another visitŠ. Cheers, Nancy -----Original Message----- From: Jim Wolford [mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca] Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 6:29 PM To: Nickerson, Nancy Subject: FW: Acadia Woodland Trails Saturday 22 July 2006; Monarch update Thanks, Nancy -- that's fast work with the monarchs! Good for you! Have you seen more larvae on your back-yard plants? Jim ---------- From: "Nickerson, Nancy" <NickersonN@AGR.GC.CA> Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 08:36:31 -0400 To: jimwolford@eastlink.ca Subject: Acadia Woodland Trails Saturday 22 July 2006; Monarch update Hi Jim: On the weekend I released ten adult Monarchs (four males and six females) in my Swamp Milkweed patch in Port Williams. These were from small larvae that I had collected from the same milkweed patch earlier this month and reared indoors. Cheers, Nancy Nancy Nickerson Research Scientist / Chercheur scientifique Biodiversity (Mycology and Botany) / Biodiversité (Mycologie et Botanique) Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada/Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada Telephone/Téléphone: 902-679-5710 Facsimile/Télécopieur: 902-679-2311 32 Main Street Kentville, Nova Scotia B4N 1J5 nickersonn@agr.gc.ca
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