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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-613--217410275 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Jeannie, I'll add a few to what Phil has already identified. On 24-Jun-08, at 9:30 AM, Phil Schappert wrote: > I'm skipping the flower shots assuming that you know what those are. 2008_0623wildlife0006 - lady slipper (Cypripedium acaule Aiton) 2008_0623wildlife0012 - nodding trillium (Trilium cernuum L.) 2008_0623wildlife0014 - pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea L.) 2008_0623wildlife0016 - round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia L.) 2008_0623wildlife0019 - cow-lily (Nuphar variegata Durand) 2008_0623wildlife0021 - rose pogonia (Pogonia ophioglossoides (L.) Ker-Gawler) > Some of the insect shots are not large enough or do not show enough > detail to let anyone nail them down but here's my best shot -- > hopefully Chris or Derek will be able to add to these... > > In order, using the last 2 numbers of the file name as identifieres: > > 33 Luna moth (I assume you know this one!) > 23 caterpillar of Harris's Checkerspot (Chlosyne harrisii) > 48 aphid/mealybug/scale insect of some kind (see 41) > 50 possibly Ashen Pinion (Lithophane antennata) moth > caterpillar -- did it have a fairly wide yellow line on the sides? > 53 I'm not familiar with this Sphingid moth -- hopefully Derek > will recognize it. This superficially looks like a sphingid, but it is really a geometrid: 2008_0623wildlife0053 - lemon plagodis (Plagodis serinaria H.-S.) A common species in Nova Scotia which feeds on a large variety of hardwoods. There are good photographs of the species in a similar posture on: http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/Files/Live/Living33.9F.shtml http://www.mothindex.com/geo2.html Cheers! Chris > Christopher Majka Nova Scotia Museum, 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6 c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca --Apple-Mail-613--217410275 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Jeannie,<div><br></div><div>I'll add a few to what Phil has already identified.</div><div><br><div><div>On 24-Jun-08, at 9:30 AM, Phil Schappert wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>I'm skipping the flower shots assuming that you know what those are. </div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><!--StartFragment--> <div class="MsoNormal">2008_0623wildlife0006 - lady slipper (<i>Cypripedium acaule</i><span style="font-style:normal"> Aiton)<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal">2008_0623wildlife0012 - nodding trillium (<i>Trilium cernuum</i> L.)<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal">2008_0623wildlife0014 - pitcher plant (<i>Sarracenia purpurea</i><span style="font-style:normal"> L.)<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal">2008_0623wildlife0016 - round-leaved sundew (<i>Drosera rotundifolia </i><span style="font-style:normal">L.)<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal">2008_0623wildlife0019 - cow-lily (<i>Nuphar variegata </i><span style="font-style:normal">Durand)<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal">2008_0623wildlife0021 - rose pogonia<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>(<i>Pogonia ophioglossoides </i><span style="font-style:normal">(L.) Ker-Gawler)<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></div> <!--EndFragment--> </div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>Some of the insect shots are not large enough or do not show enough detail to let anyone nail them down but here's my best shot -- hopefully Chris or Derek will be able to add to these...<br><br>In order, using the last 2 numbers of the file name as identifieres:<br><br>33 Luna moth (I assume you know this one!)<br>23 caterpillar of Harris's Checkerspot (Chlosyne harrisii)<br>48 aphid/mealybug/scale insect of some kind (see 41)<br>50 possibly Ashen Pinion (Lithophane antennata) moth caterpillar -- did it have a fairly wide yellow line on the sides?<br>53 I'm not familiar with this Sphingid moth -- hopefully Derek will recognize it.</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>This superficially looks like a sphingid, but it is really a geometrid:</div><div><br></div><div><!--StartFragment--> <div class="MsoNormal">2008_0623wildlife0053 - lemon plagodis (<i>Plagodis serinaria</i><span style="font-style:normal"> H.-S.)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal">A common species in Nova Scotia which feeds on a large variety of hardwoods. There are good photographs of the species in a similar posture on:</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal">http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/Files/Live/Living33.9F.shtmlhttp://www.mothindex.com/geo2.html</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal">Cheers!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal">Chris</div> <!--EndFragment--> </div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div><br></div></blockquote></div><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="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="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-sp