[NatureNS] 3 insect reports + ad' for Quirks & Quarks

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All Q&Q are also available as free podcasts. I get it automatically
downloaded via iTunes my iPod every week.

On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 5:06 PM, James W. Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>wrote:

> *NOV. 2, 2009* - I found a *western conifer seed bug* on our front screen
> door at home in Wolfville.  Locally these bugs try to get into homes in
> autumn in order to overwinter, sometimes in numbers (but usually singles in
> my experience).  This is a large insect with noticeable diamond-shaped
> enlargements on each hind leg.  It was featured on a past *Quirks & Quarks
> * show for its special infra-red sense organ on its underside? for finding
> conifer cones by the fact that they are a bit warmer in temperature than
> their trees.
>
> *NOV. 3, 2009* - In east Wolfville, in the garden of Brenda & Bill
> Thexton, Bob Thexton noticed a small swarm of flies that was moving up and
> down in a dancing movement, just a metre or so above the ground.  This is
> probably a swarm of male flies, perhaps *winter crane flies?*, that is
> dancing and buzzing to attract females of the same species.  I don't recall
> reports of these over the past couple of winters, but Jean Timpa in
> Wolfville used to report these often in late autumn or spring, and I think
> Andrew Hebda? eventually identified to that family a fly that was captured
> by someone and submitted.  But I think we still need someone to have an
> insect net at the right time and place to capture some of the dancing flies
> and get them identified for sure.  The flies in question are small, and are
> difficult to observe as they fly; they are smallish and Bob said these had
> long legs (like real crane flies).
>
> Speaking of flies, did some of you hear *Quirks and Quarks* last Saturday,
> Oct. 31, and the item on a *"unicorn fly" *being found in amber?  Check it
> out by Googling "quirks" and clicking on the most recent show.  Also note
> that the Q&Q Web site has many years of past shows all archived for all of
> us.
>
> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville
>
> Jim (James W.) Wolford
> 91 Wickwire Ave.
> Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada
> B4P 1W3
>
> phone 902-542-9204
> e-mail <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
>
> "In wildness is the preservation of the world" -- Henry David Thoreau
>
>
>


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Rick Ballard
Dartmouth,Nova Scotia, Canada
http://www.ideaphore.com

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All Q&amp;Q are also available as free podcasts. I get it automatically dow=
nloaded via iTunes my iPod every week.<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On=
 Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 5:06 PM, James W. Wolford <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a hre=
f=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>&gt;</span> w=
rote:<br>

<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, =
204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div style=3D"wor=
d-wrap: break-word;"><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><font style=3D"font-family=
: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal;=
 font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch=
: normal;" size=3D"3" face=3D"Helvetica"><b>NOV. 2, 2009</b> - I found a <b=
>western conifer seed bug</b> on our front screen door at home in Wolfville=
. =A0Locally these bugs try to get into homes in autumn in order to overwin=
ter, sometimes in numbers (but usually singles in my experience).=A0 This i=
s a large insect with noticeable diamond-shaped enlargements on each hind l=
eg.=A0 It was featured on a past <b>Quirks &amp; Quarks</b> show for its sp=
ecial infra-red sense organ on its underside? for finding conifer cones by =
the fact that they are a bit warmer in temperature than their trees.</font>=
</div>

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n: 0px;"><font style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-va=
riant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; f=
ont-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;" size=3D"3" face=3D"Helvetica"=
><b>NOV. 3, 2009</b> - In east Wolfville, in the garden of Brenda &amp; Bil=
l Thexton, Bob Thexton noticed a small swarm of flies that was moving up an=
d down in a dancing movement, just a metre or so above the ground.=A0 This =
is probably a swarm of male flies, perhaps <b>winter crane flies?</b>, that=
 is dancing and buzzing to attract females of the same species.=A0 I don&#3=
9;t recall reports of these over the past couple of winters, but Jean Timpa=
 in Wolfville used to report these often in late autumn or spring, and I th=
ink Andrew Hebda? eventually identified to that family a fly that was captu=
red by someone and submitted.=A0 But I think we still need someone to have =
an insect net at the right time and place to capture some of the dancing fl=
ies and get them identified for sure.=A0 The flies in question are small, a=
nd are difficult to observe as they fly; they are smallish and Bob said the=
se had long legs (like real crane flies).</font></div>

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n: 0px;"><font style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-va=
riant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; f=
ont-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;" size=3D"3" face=3D"Helvetica"=
>Speaking of flies, did some of you hear <b>Quirks and Quarks</b> last Satu=
rday, Oct. 31, and the item on a <b>&quot;unicorn fly&quot; </b>being found=
 in amber?=A0 Check it out by Googling &quot;quirks&quot; and clicking on t=
he most recent show.=A0 Also note that the Q&amp;Q Web site has many years =
of past shows all archived for all of us.</font></div>

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e=3D"margin: 0px;"><font style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-style: norma=
l; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height:=
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Helvetica">Cheers from Jim in Wolfville</font></div>

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n: 0px;"><font style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-va=
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>Jim (James W.) Wolford</font></div>

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le: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; lin=
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 face=3D"Helvetica">91 Wickwire Ave.</font></div>

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 face=3D"Helvetica">Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada</font></div>

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le: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; lin=
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>phone 902-542-9204</font></div>

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 face=3D"Helvetica">e-mail &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca" ta=
rget=3D"_blank">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>&gt;</font></div>

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>&quot;In wildness is the preservation of the world&quot; -- Henry David Th=
oreau</font></div>

<div><br></div></div><div><br></div>
</div></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>Rick Ballard <br>=
Dartmouth,Nova Scotia, Canada <br><a href=3D"http://www.ideaphore.com">http=
://www.ideaphore.com</a><br>

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