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--Boundary_(ID_zg1NofMgEXilAMbFz00hjg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Jeannie et al., here are some notes on your photos: 0028 - Ellychnia lightning beetle or "firefly", which has no light organ; 0038 - 2 cocoons of cecropia moths (big silk moths, due out in late May or during June?); 0025 - teaberry and peat moss, alias sphagnum moss (lots of species); 0032 - a millipede 0037 - isabella woolly-bear caterpillar of isabella tiger moth; 0012 - snowshoe or varying hare; 0049 - northern spring peeper (our treefrog); 0051 - ??Nereis polychaete worm ?? (marine, intertidal); 0054 - sand shrimp? (Crangon) (marine, intertidal); 0061 - ?school of fish? - killifish?? - habitat?; 0066 - chipping sparrow; 0094 - large ground beetle, Carabus; no number - "eggs" - probably eggs of wood frog?? Cheers from Jim in Wolfville Begin forwarded message: > From: Jeannie <jeannies@ns.sympatico.ca> > Date: May 5, 2008 8:50:43 AM ADT > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] some photo's > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > It was photographed in Port Hawkesbury Chris. > 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: "Christopher Majka" > <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> > To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 12:39 AM > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] some photo's > > >> Hi Jeannie, >> >> 2008_0504wildlife0028 is Ellychnia corrusca, the commonest lampyrid >> (firefly) in the province, although this species is a non-luminescent >> one. >> >> 2008_0504wildlife0051 is a polychate worm, quite possibly in the >> genus >> Nereis. >> >> 2008_0504wildlife0094 is Carabus nemoralis, a large species of >> introduced ground beetle (Carabidae). >> >> Were the beetles photographed at Cape George or in Port Hawkesbury? >> >> Best wishes, >> >> Chris >> >> >> On 5-May-08, at 12:00 AM, Jeannie wrote: >> >>> Here are some photos..a bit of everything. The hornet I found in the >>> middle of an old log...napping for the winter.There are also some >>> strange looking creatures found in the salt water. >>> http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2269419940025930195MBnNdq >>> 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 >> >> Christopher Majka >> Nova Scotia Museum, 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada >> B3H >> 3A6 >> c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca >> >> >> >> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.8/1414 - Release Date: > 04/05/2008 12:31 PM --Boundary_(ID_zg1NofMgEXilAMbFz00hjg) Content-type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Jeannie et al., here are some notes on your = photos:=A0<div><br></div><div>0028 - Ellychnia lightning beetle or = "firefly", which has no light organ;</div><div>0038 - 2 cocoons of = cecropia moths (big silk moths, due out in late May or during = June?);</div><div>0025 - teaberry and peat moss, alias sphagnum moss = (lots of species);</div><div>0032 - a millipede</div><div>0037 - = isabella woolly-bear caterpillar of isabella tiger moth;</div><div>0012 = - snowshoe or varying hare;</div><div>0049 - northern spring peeper (our = treefrog);</div><div>0051 - ??Nereis polychaete worm ?? (marine, = intertidal);</div><div>0054 - sand shrimp? (Crangon) (marine, = intertidal);</div><div>0061 - ?school of fish? - killifish?? - = habitat?;</div><div>0066 - chipping sparrow;</div><div>0094 - large = ground beetle, Carabus;</div><div>no number - "eggs" - probably eggs of = wood frog??</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville</div><div><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</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; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">Jeannie <<a = href=3D"mailto:jeannies@ns.sympatico.ca">jeannies@ns.sympatico.ca</a>></fo= nt></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">May 5, 2008 8:50:43 AM = ADT</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Re: [NatureNS] some = photo's</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-t