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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-79--1068000001 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hi Jeannie, On 2-Jul-07, at 2:06 PM, Jeannie wrote: > Here are a few photos and also a pic of a moth that I don't =20 > recognise ...rust with white spots. I have also posted a picture of =20= > what may be a June bug...have a smaller photo of a June bug in the =20 > left hand corner to compare.Can someone help with me with that. The rust-colored moth with white spots is Euherrichia monetifera =20 (Guen=E9e), a wide-ranging noctuid whose larvae feed on bracken =20 (Pteridium aquilinum). It is commonly found throughout Nova Scotia. The greenish moth is the family Geometridae, the caterpillars of =20 which are called "inchworms" (hence the name of the family which =20 "measure" the earth, inch by inch). This one is Nemoria =20 rubrifrontaria Pack., a very interesting species whose larvae feed on =20= sweet gale (Myrica gale) and look exactly like a withered sweet gale =20 leaf! If you still happen to have this moth (or see it again) I have =20 a colleague at Harvard who is studying this species and would =20 appreciate receiving the specimen. Put it in a plastic bag in your =20 freezer. In terms of the beetles, the inset photo is of a June Beetle, =20 Phyllophaga anxia LeConte. The other beetle is a dung beetle, very =20 probably (the photograph is a little fuzzy to be absolutely certain) =20 Aphodius fossor (Linnaeus), a common introduced species found in many =20= kinds of dung and decomposing environments. There is a photograph and =20= short account at: http://bugguide.net/node/view/22485 Also more information at: http://res2.agr.ca/lethbridge/scitech/kdf/dungbugs/fossor_e.htm Cheers! Chris _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.=20= _. 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> _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.=20= _. --Apple-Mail-79--1068000001 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 Jeannie,<DIV><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span"><BR><DIV><DIV>On 2-Jul-07, at 2:06 PM, = Jeannie 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; ">Here are a few photos and also a = pic of a moth that I don't recognise ...rust with white spots. I have = also posted a picture of what may be a June bug...have a smaller photo = of a June bug in the left hand corner to compare.Can someone help with = me with that.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>The rust-colored moth with = white spots is <I>Euherrichia monetifera</I> (Guen=E9e), a wide-ranging = noctuid whose larvae feed on bracken (<I>Pteridium aquilinum</I>).=A0 It = is commonly found throughout Nova Scotia.</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span">The greenish moth is the family Geometridae, = the caterpillars of which are called "inchworms" (hence the name of the = family which "measure" the earth, inch by inch). This one is <I>Nemoria = rubrifrontaria</I> Pack., a very interesting species whose larvae feed = on sweet gale (<I>Myrica gale</I>) and look exactly like a withered = sweet gale leaf! If you still happen to have this moth (or see it again) = I have a colleague at Harvard who is studying this species and would = appreciate receiving the specimen. Put it in a plastic bag in your = freezer.</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV>In = terms of the beetles, the inset photo is of a June Beetle,=A0Phyllophaga = anxia LeConte. The other beetle is a dung beetle, very probably (the = photograph is a little fuzzy to be absolutely certain)<I>=A0Aphodius = fossor</I> (Linnaeus), a common introduced species found in many kinds = of dung and decomposing environments. There is a photograph and short = account at:</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><A = href=3D"http://bugguide.net/node/view/22485">http://bugguide.net/node/view= /22485</A></DIV><DIV><BR class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Also= more information at:</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><A = href=3D"http://res2.agr.ca/lethbridge/scitech/kdf/dungbugs/fossor_e.htm">h= ttp://res2.agr.ca/lethbridge/scitech/kdf/dungbugs/fossor_e.htm</A></DIV><D= IV><BR class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Cheers!</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Chris<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-79--1068000001--
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