[NatureNS] Valley MONARCHS -- still egg-laying by adults, small and large larvae, etc.

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I've had a resident one in my garden for several weeks. If I'm around =20=

I see it 3-4 times a day flying about and landing on various flowers.

Cheers,

Chris

On 2-Aug-06, at 9:54 PM, d.bridgehouse wrote:

> Even here in downtown Dartmouth we have been averaging 2-3 Monarchs =20=

> a day
> since Sunday in our garden nectaring on the Butterfly bush and =20
> Echinaciea.
> Sometimes if there are 2 at the same time don't know if they =20
> performing a
> courtship ritual or if 2 males duking it over territory for best =20
> nectar
> source. On Sun AM we had one in the garden at 7:30AM .
>
> 	Always a pleasure to see them soaring around !
>
> 	DB
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca
> [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]On Behalf Of Mary Macaulay
> Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 8:54 PM
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Valley MONARCHS -- still egg-laying by adults,
> small and large larvae, etc.
>
>
> I saw my first sighting ever of a monarch in Bible Hill on a tiny =20
> patch of
> common milkweed on the roadside of Warren Drive. Thrilling!  I =20
> 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, =20
> 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 =20
> 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 =20
> milkweeds not far
> from the Port Williams School.  Your report sounds great, like the =20
> monarchs
> are having a big year, both in terms of having recovered in a big =20
> way from
> the heavy mortality in Mexico overwintering sites two? or three? =20
> winters
> ago, and in having another big reproductive year.  Thus the reports =20=

> earlier
> of migrating monarchs at Cape Sable Island remain enigmatic.  =20
> 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 =20
> update
>
> Hi Jim:
> Yes, a lot of egg-laying has been going on in my Swamp Milkweed =20
> patch and
> there are now a few more very small larvae.
>
> This morning I visited the patch of Common Milkweed (Asclepias =20
> syriaca) [not
> far from] the Port Williams school. At 8:30 there were already =20
> eight adult
> Monarchs visiting the flowers, laying eggs, hanging out in the =20
> trees and
> generally going about the business of being adult Monarchs. There =20
> were lots
> of eggs, especially on the smaller (younger) milkweed shoots on and =20=

> near the
> paths, a few very small larvae, and three large larvae that will =20
> probably
> pupate within the next day or so. I didn=B9t see any pupae. This is a =20=

> good,
> relatively accessible place to see not only the various stages of the
> Monarch life cycle but also other insects that visit milkweeds. =20
> There were
> various other butterflies, moths, beetles, lacewings etc. that =20
> would be
> worth another visit=8A.
>
> 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 =20
> update
>
>   Thanks, Nancy -- that's fast work with the monarchs!  Good for =20
> 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 =20
> females) in
> my Swamp Milkweed patch in Port Williams. These were from  small =20
> larvae that
> I had collected from the same milkweed patch earlier this month and =20=

> reared
> indoors.
>
> Cheers, Nancy
>
> Nancy Nickerson
> Research Scientist / Chercheur scientifique
> Biodiversity (Mycology and Botany) / Biodiversit=E9 (Mycologie et =20
> Botanique)
> Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada/Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada
> Telephone/T=E9l=E9phone: 902-679-5710
> Facsimile/T=E9l=E9copieur: 902-679-2311
> 32 Main Street
> Kentville, Nova Scotia
> B4N 1J5
> nickersonn@agr.gc.ca
>

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Christopher Majka - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History
1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada  B3H 3A6
(902) 424-6435   Email <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca>
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<HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; =
-khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">I've had a resident one in my =
garden for several weeks. If I'm around I see it 3-4 times a day flying =
about and landing on various flowers.<DIV><BR =
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Cheers,</DIV><DIV><BR =
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Chris<DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On =
2-Aug-06, at 9:54 PM, d.bridgehouse wrote:</DIV><BR =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">Even here in downtown Dartmouth we have been =
averaging 2-3 Monarchs a day</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">since Sunday =
in our garden nectaring on the Butterfly bush and Echinaciea.</DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">Sometimes if there are 2 at the same time don't know =
if they performing a</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">courtship ritual or if 2 =
males duking it over territory for best nectar</DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">source. On Sun AM we had one in the garden at 7:30AM =
.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: =
0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class=3D"Apple-tab-span" =
style=3D"white-space:pre">	</SPAN>Always a pleasure to see them =
soaring around !</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class=3D"Apple-tab-span" =
style=3D"white-space:pre">	</SPAN>DB</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; =
min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-----Original =
Message-----</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">From: <A =
href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.c=
a</A></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">[<A =
href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca">mailto:naturens-owner@chebuc=
to.ns.ca</A>]On Behalf Of Mary Macaulay</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Sent: =
Wednesday, August 02, 2006 8:54 PM</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">To: <A =
href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A></DIV><=
DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Valley MONARCHS -- still =
egg-laying by adults,</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">small and large larvae, =
etc.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I saw my =
first sighting ever of a monarch in Bible Hill on a tiny patch =
of</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: =
0px; margin-left: 0px; ">common milkweed on the roadside of Warren =
Drive. Thrilling!<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>I =
wonder how</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">they find these tiny isolated =
patches of milkweed.<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>Do =
they smell the</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">fragrance of the =
plant??</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Mary</DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; =
">----Original Message Follows----</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">From: Jim =
Wolford &lt;<A =
href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</A>&gt;</DIV=
><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">Reply-To: <A =
href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A></DIV><=
DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">To: NatureNS &lt;<A =
href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A>&gt;,<S=
PAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 </SPAN>Nancy =
Nickerson</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">&lt;<A =
href=3D"mailto:nickersonn@agr.gc.ca">nickersonn@agr.gc.ca</A>&gt;</DIV><DI=
V style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">Subject: [NatureNS] Valley MONARCHS -- still =
egg-laying by adults, small and</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">large larvae, =
etc.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 15:28:13 =
-0300</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">[I just found this in my Drafts folder and perhaps =
it had never been sent?</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Apologies if =
this is the second time you have seen this.<SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>JW]</DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Thanks =
again, Nancy!<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>You beat =
me to it, in visiting those milkweeds not far</DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">from the Port Williams School.<SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>Your report sounds great, =
like the monarchs</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">are having a big year, both in =
terms of having recovered in a big way from</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top:=
 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">the =
heavy mortality in Mexico overwintering sites two? or three? =
winters</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">ago, and in having another big =
reproductive year.<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>Thus =
the reports earlier</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">of migrating monarchs at =
Cape Sable Island remain enigmatic.<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0=
 </SPAN>Murray or</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Johnny et al., anything more to =
add to this, in terms of more recent</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">sightings at =
CSI?</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">Cheers from Jim in Wolfville, 542-9204</DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">----------</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">From: =
"Nickerson, Nancy" &lt;<A =
href=3D"mailto:NickersonN@AGR.GC.CA">NickersonN@AGR.GC.CA</A>&gt;</DIV><DI=
V style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 09:58:25 -0400</DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">To: Jim Wolford &lt;<A =
href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</A>&gt;</DIV=
><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">Subject: RE: Acadia Woodland Trails Saturday 22 July =
2006; Monarch update</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; =
"><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Hi Jim:</DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">Yes, a lot of egg-laying has been going on in my =
Swamp Milkweed patch and</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">there are now =
a few more very small larvae.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: =
14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">This morning I visited the patch =
of Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) [not</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top:=
 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">far =
from] the Port Williams school. At 8:30 there were already eight =
adult</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Monarchs visiting the flowers, =
laying eggs, hanging out in the trees and</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; =
">generally going about the business of being adult Monarchs. There were =
lots</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">of eggs, especially on the =
smaller (younger) milkweed shoots on and near the</DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">paths, a few very small larvae, and three large =
larvae that will probably</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">pupate within =
the next day or so. I didn=B9t see any pupae. This is a good,</DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">relatively accessible place to see not only the =
various stages of the</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Monarch life cycle but also =
other insects that visit milkweeds. There were</DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">various other butterflies, moths, beetles, lacewings =
etc. that would be</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">worth another =
visit=8A.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">Cheers,<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 =
</SPAN>Nancy</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">-----Original Message-----</DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">From: Jim Wolford [<A =
href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca</A>]<=
/DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: =
0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 6:29 PM</DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">To: Nickerson, Nancy</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Subject: =
FW: Acadia Woodland Trails Saturday 22 July 2006; Monarch =
update</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 =
</SPAN>Thanks, Nancy -- that's fast work with the monarchs!<SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>Good for you!<SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>Have</DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">you seen more larvae on your back-yard plants?<SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>Jim</DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">----------</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">From: =
"Nickerson, Nancy" &lt;<A =
href=3D"mailto:NickersonN@AGR.GC.CA">NickersonN@AGR.GC.CA</A>&gt;</DIV><DI=
V style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 08:36:31 -0400</DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">To: <A =
href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</A></DIV><DI=
V style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">Subject: Acadia Woodland Trails Saturday 22 July =
2006; Monarch update</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; =
"><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Hi Jim:</DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">On the =
weekend I released ten adult Monarchs (four males and six females) =
in</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: =
0px; margin-left: 0px; ">my Swamp Milkweed patch in Port Williams. These =
were from<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>small larvae =
that</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I had collected from the same =
milkweed patch earlier this month and reared</DIV><DIV =
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margin-left: 0px; ">indoors.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
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14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Cheers, Nancy</DIV><DIV =
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Nickerson</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Research Scientist / Chercheur =
scientifique</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Biodiversity (Mycology and =
Botany) / Biodiversit=E9 (Mycologie et Botanique)</DIV><DIV =
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margin-left: 0px; ">Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada/Agriculture et =
Agroalimentaire Canada</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
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902-679-5710</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Facsimile/T=E9l=E9copieur: =
902-679-2311</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">32 Main Street</DIV><DIV =
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