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--=======AVGMAIL-452F976F58B4======= Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=====================_11541593==.ALT"; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-ED038CB --=====================_11541593==.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-ED038CB While Hans Toom and Gary Murray were busy photographing birds and scenery on Seal Island this past weekend, I took a lead from Angus Maclean, and looked down. The sheep on Seal greatly restrict the presence of flowers, but there were a few goldenrods that eluded the bovine teeth, and there were large numbers of colourful flies feeding on the nectar. I have tried to identify the flies using the BugGuide on the internet (it is a fine site). I have placed images of the two different flies I photographed on the following web page: http://maybank.tripod.com/naturens/inverts.htm I thought one was a Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax), and I used the following page for comparisons: http://bugguide.net/node/view/7183 The following image seemed a very close match: http://bugguide.net/node/view/47586 The other, smaller fly, I have identified as a Transverse Flower Fly (Eristalis transversa), and for this I used the following page: http://bugguide.net/node/view/9099 The following image seemed a close match: http://bugguide.net/node/view/28797 However, these flies seem to be a tricky group, so if anyone finds a mistake in my identification, I'd love to hear about it. I neglected to bring my insect net, as I thought there would be no dragonflies, but a number were flying around, though none of them was strongly marked, and a few were the dreaded meadowhawks. For butterflies we had many Monarchs and Red Admirals, and a few American Coppers, American Ladies, and Clouded Sulphurs. Cheers, ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blake Maybank Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds" author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia" http://maybank.tripod.com/BSNS.htm 144 Bayview Drive White's Lake, Nova Scotia, B3T 1Z1, Canada maybank@ns.sympatico.ca (902) 852-2077 --=====================_11541593==.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-ED038CB <html> <body> While Hans Toom and Gary Murray were busy photographing birds and scenery on Seal Island this past weekend, I took a lead from Angus Maclean, and looked down. The sheep on Seal greatly restrict the presence of flowers, but there were a few goldenrods that eluded the bovine teeth, and there were large numbers of colourful flies feeding on the nectar. <br><br> I have tried to identify the flies using the BugGuide on the internet (it is a fine site). I have placed images of the two different flies I photographed on the following web page:<br><br> <a href="http://maybank.tripod.com/naturens/inverts.htm" eudora="autourl"> http://maybank.tripod.com/naturens/inverts.htm</a><br><br> I thought one was a Drone Fly (<i>Eristalis tenax</i>), and I used the following page for comparisons:<br><br> <a href="http://bugguide.net/node/view/7183" eudora="autourl"> http://bugguide.net/node/view/7183</a><br><br> The following image seemed a very close match:<br><br> <a href="http://bugguide.net/node/view/47586" eudora="autourl"> http://bugguide.net/node/view/47586</a><br><br> The other, smaller fly, I have identified as a Transverse Flower Fly (<i>Eristalis transversa</i>), and for this I used the following page:<br><br> <a href="http://bugguide.net/node/view/9099" eudora="autourl"> http://bugguide.net/node/view/9099</a><br><br> The following image seemed a close match:<br><br> <a href="http://bugguide.net/node/view/28797" eudora="autourl"> http://bugguide.net/node/view/28797</a><br><br> However, these flies seem to be a tricky group, so if anyone finds a mistake in my identification, I'd love to hear about it. <br><br> I neglected to bring my insect net, as I thought there would be no dragonflies, but a number were flying around, though none of them was strongly marked, and a few were the dreaded meadowhawks. For butterflies we had many Monarchs and Red Admirals, and a few American Coppers, American Ladies, and Clouded Sulphurs.<br><br> Cheers,<br><br> <x-sigsep><p></x-sigsep> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br> Blake Maybank<br> Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds"<br><br> author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia"<br> <a href="http://maybank.tripod.com/BSNS.htm" eudora="autourl"> http://maybank.tripod.com/BSNS.htm</a><br><br> 144 Bayview Drive<br> White's Lake, Nova Scotia, <br> B3T 1Z1, Canada<br><br> maybank@ns.sympatico.ca<br> (902) 852-2077 </body> </html> --=====================_11541593==.ALT-- --=======AVGMAIL-452F976F58B4======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg=cert; charset=us-ascii; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-ED038CB Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Content-Description: "AVG certification" No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. 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