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Jeannie et al., Indeed Mary is right about the wood frog, AND it is this year's froglet, of course. The buprestid beetle chews wood, and thus it can bite if handled carelessly. And I call the plant with the berries witherod, rather than withewood. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville ---------- From: Mary Macaulay <marymacaulay@hotmail.com> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:36:38 -0300 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Couple of ID's please and the frog, of course, is a wood frog! ----Original Message Follows---- From: David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Couple of ID's please Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2006 21:03:15 -0300 Hi Jeannie & All, Aug 13, 2006 The insect is a Buprestid Beetle [Metalic Wood Boring Beetle], probably Buprestis sp. The shrub looks like Viburnum cassinoides [Withewood] but the fruiting cluster is usually erect and these seem to be pendant. As the name suggests this shrub is unusually pliable and, with a bit of working, a round stem about 8 mm across can be bent in a 10 cm diameter circle. Yours truly, Dave Webster, Kentville Jeannie wrote: Hi everyone, While at my cottage I photographed a few things. The first being some sort of bug (which I think I've seen before) I was wondering if someone could tell me what it is and if they bite. The second is a tree we have growing in our yard...right now the berries are green but they turn blue in late summer( fall).Last, is a small frog.It looks big in the first pic taken close-up, the second I photographed it next to a dime for size comparison.If someone could help me with ID's I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you,Jeannie http://community.webshots.com/photo/553079002/2630584800025930195dIQaYM Jeannie Shermerhorn,Port Hawkesbury Cottage....Cape George,Cape Breton jeannies@ns.sympatico.ca
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