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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_009B_01C9BFAA.D4A4B780 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I noted two butterflies at Roseway Manor today in their flower = garden - the first I have seen this year. Sorry I can't identify them. Roland. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Christopher Majka=20 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 1:17 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Early Butterfly and Moth in HRM Hi Blake, On 17-Apr-09, at 1:07 PM, Blake Maybank wrote: Hi All; While walking the dog today along the Power Lake trail on the = Chebucto Peninsula I encountered two early leps: a Mourning Cloak, and a = moth that I've tentatively identified as Catocala briseis. It was = quite a striking moth, one I'd not seen before, and I used the following = web page to suss out a tentative ID: Its a widely distributed species in Nova Scotia (both on the mainland = and on Cape Breton). The larvae feed on poplar & willow. Cheers! Chris http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/catNovaScotia.htm And, of course, I hadn't brought my camera along. Cheers, Blake = -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ---- Blake Maybank maybank@ns.sympatico.ca 902-852-2077 Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds" author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia" http://maybank.tripod.com/BSNS.htm White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada Christopher Majka - Atlantic Canada Coleoptera http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/atlantic_coleoptera.html c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com=20 Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.11.59/2064 - Release Date: = 04/17/09 07:08:00 ------=_NextPart_000_009B_01C9BFAA.D4A4B780 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6000.16825" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY=20 style=3D"WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"=20 bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> I noted two = butterflies at=20 Roseway Manor today in their flower garden - the first I have seen this = year.=20 Sorry I can't identify them.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Roland.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dc.majka@ns.sympatico.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca">Christopher Majka</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 17, 2009 = 1:17=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] Early = Butterfly=20 and Moth in HRM</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Hi Blake, <DIV><BR> <DIV> <DIV>On 17-Apr-09, at 1:07 PM, Blake Maybank wrote:</DIV><BR=20 class=3DApple-interchange-newline> <BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"> <DIV>Hi All;<BR><BR>While walking the dog today along the Power Lake = trail=20 on the Chebucto Peninsula I encountered two early leps: a Mourning = Cloak,=20 and a moth that I've tentatively identified as <I>Catocala=20 briseis. </I>It was quite a striking moth, one I'd not = seen=20 before, and I used the following web page to suss out a tentative=20 ID:</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Its a widely distributed species in Nova Scotia (both on the = mainland and=20 on Cape Breton). The larvae feed on poplar & willow.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Cheers!</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Chris</DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"> <DIV><A href=3D"http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/catNovaScotia.htm"=20 = eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/catNovaScotia.htm</A>= <BR><BR>And,=20 of course, I hadn't brought my camera=20 along.<BR><BR>Cheers,<BR><BR>Blake<BR><BR><X-SIGSEP> = <P>----------------------------------------------------------------------= -------<BR>Blake=20 Maybank<BR><A=20 = href=3D"mailto:maybank@ns.sympatico.ca">maybank@ns.sympatico.ca</A><BR>90= 2-852-2077<BR><BR>Editor,=20 "Nova Scotia Birds"<BR><BR>author, "Birding Sites of Nova = Scotia"<BR><A=20 href=3D"http://maybank.tripod.com/BSNS.htm"=20 = eudora=3D"autourl">http://maybank.tripod.com/BSNS.htm</A><BR><BR>White's = Lake,=20 Nova Scotia, = Canada</P></X-SIGSEP></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV><BR> <DIV apple-content-edited=3D"true"><SPAN class=3DApple-style-span=20 style=3D"WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 14px 'Times New Roman'; = TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: = normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; orphans: 2; = widows: 2; -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=20 style=3D"WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"> <DIV>Christopher Majka - Atlantic Canada Coleoptera</DIV> <DIV><A=20 = href=3D"http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/atlantic_coleoptera.htm= l">http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/atlantic_coleoptera.html</A>= </DIV> <DIV><A=20 href=3D"mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca">c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca</A></DIV>= <DIV><BR class=3Dwebkit-block-placeholder></DIV></DIV></SPAN><BR=20 class=3DApple-interchange-newline></DIV><BR> <P> <HR> <P></P><BR>No virus found in this incoming message.<BR>Checked by AVG = -=20 www.avg.com <BR>Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.11.59/2064 - = Release=20 Date: 04/17/09 07:08:00<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_009B_01C9BFAA.D4A4B780--
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