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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-279--1016921879 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Melvina, This is the same moth that Eleanor Lindsay observed three weeks ago, the Eight-spotted Forester, Alypia octomaculata (Fabricius, 1775), member of the family Noctudidae. There are some excellent pictures of this species located at: http://www.texasento.net/octomaculata.htm It is a colourful, common species that feeds on grapes and Virginia Creeper, and is frequently seen flying during daylight hours. All the best! Chris On 9-Jul-08, at 11:32 PM, Melvina Weatherby wrote: > I grabbed a shot at a beautiful tiny butterfly today , I would > like to know the name of it also any reference to a book I could > buy of insects and butterflys.. Thanks. > > http://www.pbase.com/applady2001/july_bugs Christopher Majka Nova Scotia Museum, 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6 c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca --Apple-Mail-279--1016921879 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 = Melvina,<div><br></div><div>This is the same moth that Eleanor = Lindsay observed three weeks ago, the Eight-spotted Forester, = <i>Alypia octomaculata </i>(Fabricius, 1775), member of the family = Noctudidae. There are some excellent pictures of this species located = at:</div><div><br></div><div><a = href=3D"http://www.texasento.net/octomaculata.htm">http://www.texasento.ne= t/octomaculata.htm</a></div><br><div><div> It is a colourful, = common species that feeds on grapes and Virginia Creeper, and is = frequently seen flying during daylight = hours.</div><div><br></div><div>All the = best!</div><div><br></div><div>Chris</div><div><br></div></div><div><br><d= iv><div>On 9-Jul-08, at 11:32 PM, Melvina Weatherby wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; = font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; = letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: = auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div = bgcolor=3D"#ffffff"><div><div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">I = grabbed a shot at a beautiful tiny butterfly today , I would = like to know the name of it also any reference to a = book I could buy of insects and butterflys.. = Thanks.</font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2"></font> </div><a = href=3D"http://www.pbase.com/applady2001/july_bugs">http://www.pbase.com/a= pplady2001/july_bugs</a></div></div></span></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-279--1016921879--
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