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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-429--712651260 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Laura, On 13-Jul-08, at 12:00 PM, Laura Titus wrote: > And a very special treat was seeing fireflies. I, nor had anyone > else present, ever heard of fireflies being on Brier Island. I know > there are some on Long Island. Such amazing critters to watch as > they flit about in their luminescent coverings. Have any of you > Nature NS members who visit Brier Island ever seen fireflies here > before? > Jeff Ogden has been done a lot of collecting of insects on Brier Island, but to date, the only member of the Lampyridae (the fireflies) that has been recorded there is the non-luminescent Ellychnia corrusca. There are, however, eight species of luminescent fireflies in Nova Scotia which could plausibly occur on Brier Island. If you get an opportunity to collect one of these it would be very interesting to determine which species it is. We have (to date) recorded 152 species of beetles on Brier Island, and I'm sure the tally is as yet far from complete! All the best, Chris Christopher Majka Nova Scotia Museum, 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6 c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca --Apple-Mail-429--712651260 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 Laura,<div><br><div><div>On = 13-Jul-08, at 12:00 PM, Laura Titus wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><table = cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" border=3D"0" style=3D"position: = static; z-index: auto; "><tbody><tr><td valign=3D"top" style=3D"font: = inherit;"><p>And a very special treat was seeing fireflies. I, nor had = anyone else present, ever heard of fireflies being on Brier Island. I = know there are some on Long Island. Such amazing critters to watch as = they flit about in their luminescent coverings. Have any of you Nature = NS members who visit Brier Island ever seen fireflies here = before?</p></td></tr></tbody></table> = </blockquote></div><br><div>Jeff Ogden has been done a lot of collecting = of insects on Brier Island, but to date, the only member of the = Lampyridae (the fireflies) that has been recorded there is the = non-luminescent <i>Ellychnia corrusca</i>. There are, however, = eight species of luminescent fireflies in Nova Scotia which could = plausibly occur on Brier Island. If you get an opportunity to collect = one of these it would be very interesting to determine which species it = is. We have (to date) recorded 152 species of beetles on Brier Island, = and I'm sure the tally is as yet far from = complete!</div><div><br></div><div>All the = best,</div><div><br></div><div>Chris </div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><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-429--712651260--
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