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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-8-584456073 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Kathleen, As others have remarked, this is one of the clearwing hummingbird moths (Hemaris sp.). As for hawk moths (family Sphingidae) in general, Douglas Ferguson recorded 27 species in Nova Scotia in 1955 and there have probably been other species noted since. All the best, Chris On 8-Jun-08, at 4:11 PM, Kathleen MacAulay wrote: > This interesting little moth was sampling lilac > nectar in my yard yesterday evening. It's about 2 cm > long. I don't know very much about insects, but it > looks like one of the hawk moths to me. I didn't know > there were any in Nova Scotia. ID, anyone? > > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/26123378@N03/2561987980/in/set-72157605505595647/ > > > > Kathleen MacAulay > Milford Station > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! > > http://www.flickr.com/gift/ Christopher Majka Nova Scotia Museum, 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6 c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca --Apple-Mail-8-584456073 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi = Kathleen,<div><br></div><div>As others have remarked, this is one of the = clearwing hummingbird moths (<i>Hemaris</i> sp.). As for hawk = moths (family Sphingidae) in general, Douglas Ferguson recorded 27 = species in Nova Scotia in 1955 and there have probably been other = species noted since.</div><div><br></div><div>All the = best,</div><div><br></div><div>Chris</div><div><br><div><div>On = 8-Jun-08, at 4:11 PM, Kathleen MacAulay wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div> This = interesting little moth was sampling lilac<br>nectar in my yard = yesterday evening. It's about 2 cm<br>long. I don't know very much about = insects, but it<br>looks like one of the hawk moths to me. I didn't = know<br>there were any in Nova Scotia. ID, anyone?<br><br><<a = href=3D"http://www.flickr.com/photos/26123378@N03/2561987980/in/set-721576= 05505595647/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/26123378@N03/2561987980/in/set-= 72157605505595647/</a>><br><br> Kathleen MacAulay<br> Milford = Station<br><br><br> = ____________________________________________= ______________________<br>Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of = Flickr! <br><br><a = href=3D"http://www.flickr.com/gift/">http://www.flickr.com/gift/</a><br></= div></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited=3D"true"> <span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; = font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; = -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; = -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Christopher = Majka</div><div>Nova Scotia Museum, 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova = Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6</div><div><a = href=3D"mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca">c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca</a></div><= div><br class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div></div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></span> = </div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-8-584456073--
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