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I forgot to add below that I had just seen one of the multi-coloured Asian lady beetles just a day or two ago on the wood panels of the Robie Tufts Nature Centre in Wolfville. This is the species that often seeks out houses or other buildings in which to overwinter in groups or even large numbers together. Jim in Wolfville ---------- From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 16:45:39 -0400 To: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>, Judy & Gordon Tufts <tandove@ns.sympatico.ca> Subject: FW: balmy temperatures and new flowers -- of what species?? etc. Thanks, Judy. I'll take a look at those Wolfville Waterfront plants, but I had better do it soon! Your lady beetle was very probably one of the multi-spotted Asian species, introduced, which is incredibly varied in how many spots it has, from about 19 (usual, in rows of 4-5 spots) to many fewer or actually no spots at all -- if you can find one of the old Can. Nature Fed. brochures around, check out the pattern of black and white on the thorax, which is not variable much if at all. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville ---------- From: Judy Tufts <tandove@ns.sympatico.ca> Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 21:28:09 -0400 To: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> Subject: RE: balmy temperatures and new flowers -- of what species?? etc. Found several shrubs in the Waterfront Park in Wolfville bursting their buds - sorry I do not know the identity of those shrubs - plus lots of Pink Clover, dandelion and Queeen Anne's Lace in bloom in same area. There was a non-native multi-spotted ladybug on one of the shrubs. Possibly 13-spotted ladybug? It was a dull orange in colour and the spots tended to be 'smudged' together. Side-note: In our garden all the primula plants are in full bloom, also some pansies, and tiny ants have begun appearing in our kitchen. Cheers Judy >>>>>>>>>>> Judy Tufts Wolfville <<<<<<<<<<< -----Original Message----- From: Jim Wolford [mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca] Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 7:22 PM To: NatureNS Subject: balmy temperatures and new flowers -- of what species?? etc. Nov. 17, 2006 - Unbelievably WARM WEATHER for mid-November! Today is the thirds day in a row of temperatures of 15 to 19 Celsius! And I am wearing shorts just like the students and Sam VanderKloet! Today my car registered a high temperature of 21 C.! Lots of people out jogging and biking and walking, and quite a few FLOWERS are still in bloom in gardens and along roadsides. FLOWERS noted today in Wolfville without any searching were VARROW, COMMON SENECIO/RAGWORT?, and two weedy species of MALLOWS, including ³CHEESES². All of these were clearly plants with NEW GROWTH and NEW FLOWERS, rather than blossoms that had been formed weeks ago and preserved by autumn weather. Perhaps via NatureNS e-mails we can find out what species of new flowers have been noted by naturalists during this balmy few days lately? Cheers from Jim in Wolfville, 542-9204 --------------------- Jim (James W.) Wolford 91 Wickwire Avenue Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada B4P 1W3 phone (902)542-9204 (home) fax (902)585-1059 (Acadia Univ. Biology Dept.) e-mail <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> ---------------------- ³...... the Earth .....belongs as much to those who come after us as to us; and we have no right, by anything that we do, or neglect to do, to involve them in unnecessary penalties, or to deprive them of benefits which are theirs by right.² - John Ruskin ----------------------
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