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Thanks very much, Derek. At 08:43 AM 6/1/2007, you wrote: >Hi Angus - great pix and report . > >Your Emerald is the Amereican Emerald aka Cordulia shurtleffii > >Your other small dragonfly is a female Hudsonian Whiteface aka Leucorrhinia >hudsonica. > >Your clear winged moth is probably a day flying Hemaris thysbe or diffinis . >Hummingbird or Snowberry Clearwing moth of the Sphinx family of moths. H. >thysbe is the more common of the 3 species in NS > >DB >-----Original Message----- >From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca >[mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]On Behalf Of Angus MacLean >Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 10:52 PM >To: NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca >Subject: [NatureNS] Nature Finds & Pics > > >Today I checked out a power line cut running parallel to the >Aylesford Lake Road, Kings Co. Last summer I found this cut & several >like it to be extremely good for birds (edge effect) & other >creatures, butterflies, dragonflies, etc. > >A brief jaunt late this morning found: >- many Juvenal's Cloudywings & Spring Azures >- a number of a Clear-winged Moth feeding mainly on wild strawberry >flowers. (Got lousy pics and will try to figure out the identification). >- three species of dragonflies, one of which went unidentified. >- 1 damselfly which fluttered by weakly and promptly disappeared. >- lots of bird song plus a pair of Red-tailed Hawks hollering >indicating they will likely nest nearby as last summer. > >Here is a pic of possibly a Maine Snaketail (Hopefully Derek B. will >confirm or correct me). This is a small dragonfly. > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/58321572@N00/524173351/ > >Here is a pic of an Emerald, possibly Kennedy's but that's quite rare >here so likely not (Derek ??). > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/58321572@N00/524120578/ > >And finally a pic of a creature that many gardeners are dreading, the >Asiatic Lily Beetle, a sharp looking beetle. This was featured on >Live at 5 today. > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/58321572@N00/524120644/ > >Angus
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