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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-130-570492874 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Blake, They are clearly adelgids, which are closely related to aphids (i.e., true bugs or Homoptera) and only superficially resemble flies. Cheers! Chris On 4-Nov-08, at 1:08 PM, Blake Maybank wrote: > Hi All; > > On Saturday, 25 October, there were numerous Adelgid flies in our > garden, and in the early cool temperatures of the morning they were > resting on leaves of Hay-scented Fern. This gave me an opportunity > to attempt to do some macro photography on these tiny insects. It > was quite a challenge as they are miniscule, and there was a strong > breeze moving the leaves. Also, as the morning warmed the insects > quickly started flying about. But I managed a few acceptable shots. > > You may view the photos here: > > http://photobucket.com/maybank-current > > I am guessing these are a type of Adelgid fly, based on earlier > discussions on NatureNS. But I don't know which species. > Regardless, they are cute, a light powder-blue colour. If anyone > can venture a guess to species I'd be most appreciative. I did a > search on the internet, but was not able to locate something similar. > > All the best, > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Blake Maybank > maybank@ns.sympatico.ca > > Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds" > > author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia" > http://maybank.tripod.com/BSNS.htm > > White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada Christopher Majka Nova Scotia Museum, 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6 c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca --Apple-Mail-130-570492874 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 = Blake,<div><br></div><div>They are clearly adelgids, which are closely = related to aphids (i.e., true bugs or Homoptera) and only superficially = resemble = flies.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers!</div><div><br></div><div>Chris</di= v><div><br><div><div>On 4-Nov-08, at 1:08 PM, Blake Maybank = wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div>Hi All;<br><br>On Saturday, 25 October, there were = numerous Adelgid flies in our garden, and in the early cool temperatures = of the morning they were resting on leaves of Hay-scented Fern. = This gave me an opportunity to attempt to do some macro = photography on these tiny insects. It was quite a challenge = as they are miniscule, and there was a strong breeze moving the leaves. = Also, as the morning warmed the insects quickly started flying = about. But I managed a few acceptable shots.<br><br>You may = view the photos here:<br><br><a = href=3D"http://photobucket.com/maybank-current">http://photobucket.com/may= bank-current</a><br><br>I am guessing these are a type of Adelgid fly, = based on earlier discussions on NatureNS. But I don't know = which species. Regardless, they are cute, a light = powder-blue colour. If anyone can venture a guess to species I'd = be most appreciative. I did a search on the internet, but = was not able to locate something similar.<br><br>All the = best,<br><br><br>---------------------------------------------------------= --------------------<br>Blake = Maybank<br>maybank@ns.sympatico.ca<br><br>Editor, "Nova Scotia = Birds"<br><br>author, "Birding Sites of Nova = Scotia"<br>http://maybank.tripod.com/BSNS.htm<br><br>White's Lake, Nova = Scotia, Canada <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-130-570492874--
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