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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-248-493652719 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hi Bev, On 21-Feb-07, at 11:48 AM, bev wigney wrote: > Hi Angus and all, > >> Your three pages of "Snow Creatures" are most interesting. I was >> especially surprised to see the number of spiders that are out and >> about!! Are all the latter quite small? > > * Many of the spiders are quite small, but I've occasionally found > the odd larger spider as well. Most of the Opilione (Harvestman) > seem to be of good size when I've found them on the snow. > There's actually quite a bit of spider activity on milder days from > January on, so it's well worth watching for them. However, it > requires sharp eyes as they're easily mistaken for bits of dark > debris on the snow! Your photographs of a "staphylinid beetle" are of an aleocharine (the so-called "obscure" rove beetles), possibly a species in the mega "genus" Atheta. The photographs of "larvae of ??" is of a beetle larva, quite possibly of an aleocharine (the same species?) as well. Cheers! Chris _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. 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-248-493652719 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 Bev,<DIV><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span"><BR><DIV><DIV>On 21-Feb-07, at 11:48 AM, bev = wigney 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 Angus and all,</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE = type=3D"cite"><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Your three pages of "Snow = Creatures" are most interesting. I was especially surprised to see the = number of spiders that are out and about!! Are all the latter quite = small?</DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE><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; ">*<SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>Many of the spiders are quite = small, but I've occasionally found the odd larger spider as well. <SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>Most of the Opilione = (Harvestman) seem to be of good size when I've found them on the = snow.<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 =A0 </SPAN>There's = actually quite a bit of spider activity on milder days from January on, = so it's well worth watching for them.<SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>However, it requires sharp = eyes as they're easily mistaken for bits of dark debris on the = snow!</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV>Your photographs of a = "staphylinid beetle" are of an aleocharine (the so-called "obscure" rove = beetles), possibly a species in the mega "genus" <I>Atheta</I>. The = photographs of "larvae of ??" is of a beetle larva, quite possibly of an = aleocharine (the same species?) as well.</SPAN></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><DIV> = <P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Times">_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._= ._._._.</FONT></P> <P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT = face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Times">Christopher Majka = - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History</FONT></P> <P style=3D"margin: = 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Times">1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada<SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>B3H 3A6</FONT></P> <P = style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Times">(902) 424-6435 <SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>Email <<A = href=3D"mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca">c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca</A>></F= ONT></P> <P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times"= size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Times">_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._= ._._._.</FONT></P> </DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>= --Apple-Mail-248-493652719--
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