[NatureNS] "Foreign Plant Invading Little Albro Lake" in Dartmouth...

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Hi Dusan,

On 2-Aug-07, at 12:32 PM, Dusan Soudek wrote:

>    Today's The Daily N.ws has a large photo on its front page,  
> identified as Yellow Floating Heart in Little Albro Lake. WRONG!  
> The yellow plant is obviously Bullhead-Lily or the Cow-lily (Nuphar  
> variegata), common in and native to Nova Scotia since at least the  
> last Ice Age...
>    Dusan Soudek

Typical ... :-> Some readers may recall the article that the Herald  
ran a couple of months ago on the brown spruce longhorn beetle which  
they illustrated with ... a photograph of a white-spotted sawyer  
beetle - Monochamus scutellatus, the commonest native Nova Scotia  
longhorn beetle! :->

Also in yesterday's Halifax Herald story on the Yellow Floating  
Heart, the reporter referred to the "Asian spruce longhorn beetle".  
This common name is not applied to any species of beetle, but sounds  
perilously close to "Asian Longhorn Beetle" (Anoplophora  
glabripennis), a species which feeds on hardwoods which has been  
introduced to North America and is presently found in New York, New  
Jersey, Illinois, and southern Ontario. It is not found in Atlantic  
Canada at all. By confounding the two names the article muddies the  
factual waters.

Is it any wonder that there is often so much confusion in relation to  
science or natural history stories on the part of the general public  
when the level of reportage and fact-checking by the media is so  
lamentable (or perhaps this level of accuracy is simply typical of  
the media reporting on stories in general ... :->).

Cheers!

Chris

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"The number of minute and obscurely-colored beetles is exceedingly  
great.
It is sufficient to disturb the composure of an entomologist's mind,  
to look
forward to the future dimensions of a complete catalogue."
					- Charles Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle

Christopher Majka <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca>
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/atlantic_coleoptera.html
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada  B3H 2G5
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</SPAN>Today's The Daily N.ws has a large photo on its front page, =
identified as Yellow Floating Heart in Little Albro Lake. WRONG! The =
yellow plant is obviously Bullhead-Lily or the Cow-lily (Nuphar =
variegata), common in and native to Nova Scotia since at least the last =
Ice Age...</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
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</BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV><DIV><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span">Typical ... =
:-&gt; Some readers may recall the article that the Herald ran a couple =
of months ago on the brown spruce longhorn beetle which they illustrated =
with ... a photograph of a white-spotted sawyer beetle - <I>Monochamus =
scutellatus</I>, the commonest native Nova Scotia longhorn beetle! =
:-&gt;</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR =
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Also in yesterday's Halifax =
Herald story on the=A0Yellow Floating Heart, the reporter=A0referred to =
the "Asian spruce longhorn beetle". This common=A0name is not applied to =
any species of beetle, but sounds perilously close to=A0"Asian Longhorn =
Beetle"=A0(<I>Anoplophora glabripennis</I>), a species which feeds on =
hardwoods which has been introduced to North America and is presently =
found in New York, New Jersey, Illinois, and southern Ontario. It is not =
found in Atlantic Canada at all. By confounding the two names the =
article muddies the factual waters.=A0</DIV><DIV><BR =
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Is it any wonder that there =
is often so much confusion in relation to science or natural history =
stories on the part of the general public when the level of reportage =
and fact-checking by the media is so lamentable (or perhaps this level =
of accuracy is simply typical of the media reporting on stories in =
general ... :-&gt;).</DIV><DIV><BR =
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