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Index of Subjects Thank you Jim. 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: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> To: <natureNS@chebucto.ns.ca> Cc: "Jeannie" <jeannies@ns.sympatico.ca> Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 2:27 PM Subject: [NatureNS] notes for Jeannie's some photo's > 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 > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
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