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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-39--258732645 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hi Blake, Angus, & Jeannie, Jeannie's photo is of an adelgid. These are small insects rather closely related to aphids. They produce whitish flocculence which is visible on conifer branches (I think all of them are associated with various species of conifers) and can be attached to the adelgids themselves, as in Jeannie's photo. The adults are winged and do fly around, looking like tiny bits of flying lint. There are quite a number of species of these in the genera Adelges and Pineus. The cause variously shaped galls on the terminal shoots of conifer branches. Below are a few web pages on adelgids. If you do a google search on the term "adelgid" you'll find lots more. Cheers! Chris http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/forestry/woollyadelgid/index.aspx http://www.ext.vt.edu/departments/entomology/factsheets/balwoade.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balsam_woolly_adelgid On 19-Oct-07, at 5:35 AM, Jeannie wrote: > Hi Blake & Angus, > Here is a photo I had taken which Chris identified for me, but, I > can't remember what he said it was.I think it may be the same as > Blake's mystery insect. > http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2338387400025930195GQrpFq > Jeannie Shermerhorn,Port Hawkesbury > > Cottage....Cape George,Cape Breton > > "Let us permit Nature to have her way; she understands her business > better than we do." - Michel de Montaigne > jeannies@ns.sympatico.ca > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Angus MacLean" > <angusmcl@ns.sympatico.ca> > To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 12:00 AM > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Mystery Insects > > >> A good question, Blake. These are actually moths, I believe but >> otherwise a mystery to me. I took a few pics and will post them >> later. >> Angus >> >> At 03:51 PM 10/18/2007, you wrote: >>> Hi All; >>> >>> I apologise if this question has been posed before. In the last >>> few days I've noticed numbers of tiny white flies floating about >>> the yard, looking for all the world like bits of fluff, dust, or >>> tiny seeds. But they have wings, and can propel themselves. >>> And they are quite adept at avoiding capture. Can anyone assist >>> with an ID/ >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> --------- >>> Blake Maybank >>> maybank@ns.sympatico.ca >>> >>> Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds" >>> >>> author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia" >>> http://maybank.tripod.com/BSNS.htm >>> >>> 144 Bayview Drive >>> White's Lake, Nova Scotia, >>> B3T 1Z1, Canada >>> >>> (902) 852-2077 >>> >>> >>> -- >>> No virus found in this outgoing message. >>> Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: >>> 269.15.0/1077 - Release Date: 18/10/2007 9:54 AM >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: >> 269.15.1/1079 - Release Date: 19/10/2007 5:10 AM >> _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. 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> _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. --Apple-Mail-39--258732645 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Hi=A0Blake, Angus, & Jeannie,<div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Jeannie's photo is of an = adelgid. These are small insects rather closely related to aphids. They = produce whitish flocculence which is visible on conifer branches (I = think all of them are associated with various species of conifers) and = can be attached to the adelgids themselves, as in Jeannie's photo. The = adults are winged and do fly around, looking like tiny bits of flying = lint. There are quite a number of species of these in the genera = <i>Adelges</i> and <i>Pineus</i>. The cause variously shaped galls on = the terminal shoots of conifer branches. Below are a few web pages on = adelgids. If you do a google search on the term "adelgid" you'll find = lots more.</div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Cheers!</div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Chris</div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><a = href=3D"http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/forestry/woollyadelgid/index.aspx">htt= p://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/forestry/woollyadelgid/index.aspx</a></div><div><= a = href=3D"http://www.ext.vt.edu/departments/entomology/factsheets/balwoade.h= tml">http://www.ext.vt.edu/departments/entomology/factsheets/balwoade.html= </a></div><div><a = href=3D"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balsam_woolly_adelgid">http://en.wiki= pedia.org/wiki/Balsam_woolly_adelgid</a><br><div><br><div><div>On = 19-Oct-07, at 5:35 AM, 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; ">Hi Blake & Angus,</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Here is = a photo I had taken which Chris identified for me, but, I can't remember = what he said it was.I think it may be the same as Blake's mystery = insect.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2338387400025930195GQrpFq</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Jeannie Shermerhorn,Port Hawkesbury</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"mar