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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-19-606567809 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hi Jeannie, On 25-Aug-06, at 4:35 PM, Christopher Majka wrote: > DSCF5687 is a geometrid of some sort. It's a nice species that I > can't immediately identify. I'll see if I can find a specimen in > the collection. This proved to be surprisingly difficult (at least for me ;->) to identify, since the colour patterning was more pronounced in this individual than it is in most of our specimens. It is Lambdina fiscellaria (Gn.): http://bugguide.net/node/view/6264 A common and widely distributed species throughout much of Nova Scotia. Larvae feed on spruce, fir and hemlock. Cheers! Chris > On 24-Aug-06, at 11:46 AM, Jeannie wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> Here are a few pics taken while at the cottage this week.A couple >> of moths, A warbler, which is hard to see in the tree,If anyone >> can see enough to ID it for me that would be great! Also >> discovered another tree (bush) with red berries on it ..maybe >> someone could ID this for me also. >> Thank you,Jeannie >> >> http://community.webshots.com/photo/ >> 553079002/2055007930025930195dphILQ >> Jeannie Shermerhorn,Port Hawkesbury >> >> Cottage....Cape George,Cape Breton >> >> >> jeannies@ns.sympatico.ca > > _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. > _._. > 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> > _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. > _._. > _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. 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> _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. --Apple-Mail-19-606567809 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Jeannie,<DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On = 25-Aug-06, at 4:35 PM, Christopher Majka wrote:</DIV><BR = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE = type=3D"cite"><DIV>DSCF5687 is a geometrid of some sort. It's a nice = species that I can't immediately identify. I'll see if I can find a = specimen in the collection.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span">This proved to be surprisingly difficult (at = least for me ;->) to identify, since the colour patterning was more = pronounced in this individual than it is in most of our specimens. It is = <I>Lambdina fiscellaria</I> (Gn.):</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><A = href=3D"http://bugguide.net/node/view/6264">http://bugguide.net/node/view/= 6264</A></DIV><DIV><BR class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>A = common and widely distributed species throughout much of Nova Scotia. = Larvae feed on spruce, fir and hemlock.</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Cheers!</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Chris</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR><BLOCKQUOTE = type=3D"cite"><DIV><DIV><DIV>On 24-Aug-06, at 11:46 AM, Jeannie = 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; ">Hi everyone,</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Here are a few pics taken while at the cottage this = week.A couple of moths, A warbler, which is hard to see in the tree,If = anyone can see enough to ID it for me that would be great! Also = discovered another tree (bush) with red berries on it ..maybe someone = could ID this for me also.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Thank = you,Jeannie</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; "><A = href=3D"http://community.webshots.com/photo/553079002/2055007930025930195d= phILQ">http://community.webshots.com/photo/553079002/2055007930025930195dp= hILQ</A></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Jeannie Shermerhorn,Port = Hawkesbury</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; ">Cottage....Cape George,Cape Breton</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; "><A = href=3D"mailto:jeannies@ns.sympatico.ca">jeannies@ns.sympatico.ca</A><SPAN= class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</SPAN></DIV> = </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face=3D"Times" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Times">_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._= ._._._.</FONT></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Times">Christopher Majka - Nova Scotia Museum of = Natural History</FONT></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face=3D"Times" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Times">1747 Summer Street, Halifax, = Nova Scotia