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._._._.</FONT& Blake Maybank wrote: > 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: Hi Blake & All, Oct 14, 2006 The images on http://www.canacoll.org/Diptera/Staff/Skevington/Syrphidae/Eristalis/Eristalis_Plate_2a.jpg and associated pages tend to be better. Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville > > 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 > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.3/474 - Release Date: 13/10/2006 > > Part 1.2 > > Content-Description: > > "AVG certification" > Content-Type: > > text/plain > Content-Encoding: > > quoted-printable > >
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