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> This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --Boundary_(ID_nVglezIxneeAK/GaW1V/qA) Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Thanks, Chris! In the Irving Botanical Gardens in Wolfville we saw blackis= h larvae of presumably the same beetle on the partly devoured leaves of highbush cranberry earlier in the season, and I have seen moderate amounts of defoliation there in two different places (one in Gardens, other along adjoining Acadia Woodland Trails), but as far as I know, we have not yet seen nor collected any for the Museum collection. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville ---------- From: c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:20:31 -0300 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: [NatureNS] Eastern Wood Peewee and Viburnum Leaf Beetle Hi Jim, On 22-Aug-07, at 8:54 AM, Jim Wolford wrote: At one point on the trail I HEARD a singing EASTERN WOOD PEWEE, and it called loudly directly above us several times; this is notable because I haven=B9t heard a pewee call in perhaps ten or more years!!=A0 Maybe my expensive hearing aids are helping me after all! Yesterday morning I started the day in Woodville Mills, PEI where all weekend I'd been hearing a Wood Pewee calling. There has been a pair nestin= g at my brother- and sister-in-law's for as long as I can remember and I'm=A0intrigued at how late into the season the males keep vocalizing. Enrout= e back to Halifax I spent some time collecting at Salt Springs park in NS and was interested to hear a Wood Peewee calling there as well. There are only scattered Viburnum opulus (highbush cranberry) bushes in the park, but they are very heavily defoliated by the introduced viburnum leaf beetle (Pyrrhalta viburni). Almost every leaf has been substantially chewed or skeletonized and there are adult beetles mating all over the foliage. Nature NS readers may be interested in a recent paper which we have published in the Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington which is part of our series on introduced leaf beetles of the Maritime Provinces: Majka, C.G. and LeSage, L. 2007. Introduced leaf beetles of the Maritime Provinces, 3: the Viburnum leaf beetle Pyrrhalta viburni (Paykull) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 109(2): 454=AD462. The earliest records of this European species in North America are from specimens collected in 1924 in Annapolis Royal, NS. In the paper we propose two possible historical scenarios in relation to its presence there: a) tha= t it might have been introduced very early in Nova Scotia's history after the establishment of Annapolis Royal in 1605, perhaps between 1710 to 1749 when the town was the capital of Nova Scotia and there was considerable trans-Atlantic traffic destined there; or b) via the medium of the=A0Annapoli= s Royal Nurseries (1885 to ~ 1945) which in its time was the largest nursery in the Atlantic Provinces, and imported a variety of exotic species of Viburnum. Those who are interested can find an on-line copy of the paper at: http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/PDF/Pyrrhalta_viburni.pdf Best wishes! Chris _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. Christopher Majka - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada=A0 B3H 3A6 (902) 424-6435 =A0 Email <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. --Boundary_(ID_nVglezIxneeAK/GaW1V/qA) Content-type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>FW: [NatureNS] Eastern Wood Peewee and Viburnum Leaf Beetle</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> Thanks, Chris! In the Irving Botanical Gardens in Wolfville we saw bl= ackish larvae of presumably the same beetle on the partly devoured leaves of= highbush cranberry earlier in the season, and I have seen moderate amounts = of defoliation there in two different places (one in Gardens, other along ad= joining Acadia Woodland Trails), but as far as I know, we have not yet seen = nor collected any for the Museum collection.<BR> <BR> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville <BR> ----------<BR> <B>From: </B>c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca<BR> <B>Reply-To: </B>naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR> <B>Date: </B>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:20:31 -0300<BR> <B>To: </B>naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR> <B>Subject: </B>[NatureNS] Eastern Wood Peewee and Viburnum Leaf Beetle<BR> <BR> Hi Jim,<BR> <BR> On 22-Aug-07, at 8:54 AM, Jim Wolford wrote:<BR> <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE>At one point on the trail I HEARD a singing EASTERN WOOD PEWEE,= and it<BR> called loudly directly above us several times; this is notable because I<BR= > haven=B9t heard a pewee call in perhaps ten or more years!!=A0 Maybe my<BR> expensive hearing aids are helping me after all!<BR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR> Yesterday morning I started the day in Woodville Mills, PEI where all weeke= nd I'd been hearing a Wood Pewee calling. There has been a pair nesting at m= y brother- and sister-in-law's for as long as I can remember and I'm=A0intrigu= ed at how late into the season the males keep vocalizing. Enroute back to Ha= lifax I spent some time collecting at Salt Springs park in NS and was intere= sted to hear a Wood Peewee calling there as well.<BR> <BR> There are only scattered <I>Viburnum opulus</I> (highbush cranberry) bushes= in the park, but they are very heavily defoliated by the introduced viburnu= m leaf beetle (<I>Pyrrhalta viburni</I>). Almost every leaf has been substan= tially chewed or skeletonized and there are adult beetles mating all over th= e foliage. Nature NS readers may be interested in a recent paper which we ha= ve published in the Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington w= hich is part of our series on introduced leaf beetles of the Maritime Provin= ces:<BR> <BR> Majka, C.G. and LeSage, L. 2007. Introduced leaf beetles of the Maritime Pr= ovinces, 3: the Viburnum leaf beetle <I>Pyrrhalta viburni </I>(Paykull) (Col= eoptera: Chrysomelidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washing= ton, 109(2): 454=AD462.<BR> <BR> The earliest records of this European species in North America are from spe= cimens collected in 1924 in Annapolis Royal, NS. In the paper we propose two= possible historical scenarios in relation to its presence there: a) that it= might have been introduced very early in Nova Scotia's history after the es= tablishment of Annapolis Royal in 1605, perhaps between 1710 to 1749 when th= e town was the capital of Nova Scotia and there was considerable trans-Atlan= tic traffic destined there; or b) via the medium of the=A0Annapolis Royal Nurs= eries (1885 to ~ 1945) which in its time was the largest nursery in the Atla= ntic Provinces, and imported a variety of exotic species of <I>Viburnum</I>.= <BR> <BR> Those who are interested can find an on-line copy of the paper at:<BR> <BR> http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/PDF/Pyrrhalta_viburni.pdf<BR> <BR> Best wishes!<BR> <BR> Chris<BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <FONT FACE=3D"Times">_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.= _._._._._._._._._.</FONT> <BR> <BR> <FONT FACE=3D"Times">Christopher Majka - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural Histor= y</FONT> <BR> <BR> <FONT FACE=3D"Times">1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada=A0 B3H 3A= 6</FONT> <BR> <BR> <FONT FACE=3D"Times">(902) 424-6435 =A0 Email <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca></= FONT> <BR> <BR> <FONT FACE=3D"Times">_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.= _._._._._._._._._.</FONT> <BR> <BR> <BR> </BODY> </HTML> --Boundary_(ID_nVglezIxneeAK/GaW1V/qA)--
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