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margin-left: 0px; ">Jean Hi Chris, Sorry, I do not have the green moth.I am back home now,the pictures were taken at the cottage.Their were actually four.If they return when I go back I will get one for your friend. Jeannie Shermerhorn,Port Hawkesbury Cottage....Cape George,Cape Breton jeannies@ns.sympatico.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 2:33 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] weekend pictures 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 > 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. The rust-colored moth with white spots is Euherrichia monetifera (Guenée), a wide-ranging noctuid whose larvae feed on bracken (Pteridium aquilinum). It is commonly found throughout Nova Scotia. 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 Nemoria rubrifrontaria Pack., a very interesting species whose larvae feed on sweet gale (Myrica gale) 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. In terms of the beetles, the inset photo is of a June Beetle, Phyllophaga anxia LeConte. The other beetle is a dung beetle, very probably (the photograph is a little fuzzy to be absolutely certain) Aphodius fossor (Linnaeus), a common introduced species found in many kinds of dung and decomposing environments. There is a photograph and 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 _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. 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> _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.9.14/883 - Release Date: 01/07/2007 12:19 PM
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