[NatureNS] Eastern Wood Peewee and Viburnum Leaf Beetle

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Hi Jamie,

On 1-Sep-07, at 10:35 AM, Jamie Simpson wrote:

> All
>
> My highbush Cranberry has been totally - and I mean totally -  
> defoliated by this beetle twice in the last 3 years.  They gave it  
> a pass in 2006.

Where are you (and your unfortunate highbush cranberry) located?

Cheers!

Chris

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> Cc: Melanie Priesnitz ; Nicole Oliver ; Jim Wolford ; Peter  
> Romkey ; Ruth Newell ; Jean Timpa ; Marian Munro ; Dave  
> McCorquodale ; Dick Rogers ; Todd Smith ; Stephanie Robertson
> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 12:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Eastern Wood Peewee and Viburnum Leaf Beetle
>
> Hi Jim,
>
> On 22-Aug-07, at 9:23 PM, Jim Wolford wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Chris!  In the Irving Botanical Gardens in Wolfville we  
>> saw blackish 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.
>
> The larvae are actually a pale color with many small black dots on  
> them:
>
> http://www.zin.ru/ANIMALIA/COLEOPTERA/images/foto/pyrhalvr.jpg
>
> Look for adults on the leaves:
>
> http://www.biol.uni.wroc.pl/cassidae/European%20Chrysomelidae/ 
> Iconography/Pyrrhalta%20viburni.jpg
>
> If you find some the Museum would be happy to have some specimens  
> since at the moment there are no records from Kings County and I'm  
> very interested in documenting the extent of this species  
> distribution in the region.
>
> All the best!
>
> Chris
>
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