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Index of Subjects It was in Cape George Chris ..July 9th 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: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 10:46 AM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Moth? > Hi Jeannie, > > 2008_0709wildlife0004 is one of the most beautiful of our tiger moths > (family Arctiidae), the St. Lawrence Tiger Moth (Platarctia parthenos > Harr.). The larvae are found on alder, birch, willow, and other > plants. It's a widely distributed species in Nova Scotia, but checking > Ferguson (1955) I see that at the time it hadn't been recorded in Cape > Breton. I'll check later today to see if we have any subsequent > specimens from CB, but in any event this is a good record. Can you let > me know the date and location of the specimen? > > 2008_0709wildlife0005 is the largest of our sphinx moths, the Big > Poplar Sphinx (Pachysphinx modesta (Harr.)). As the name indicates, > the larvae feed on poplar and willow. It is also a widespread species > in Nova Scotia with records north at least to Baddeck. > > Cheers! > > Chris > > On 9-Jul-08, at 9:06 AM, Jeannie wrote: > >> I had two Luna moths a large Sphinx Moth and a beautiful rather >> large brown one last night .Could someone ID the brown one for >> me...here is my site. >> Thank you,Jeannie >> http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2692273370025930195mzbMzG >> 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: 7.5.526 / Virus Database: 270.4.7/1541 - Release Date: 08/07/2008 7:50 PM
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