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Index of Subjects Hi Steven up the Ohio road the other day in Shelburne county N.S. Peter inal Message ----- From: "Stephen Shaw" <srshaw@DAL.CA> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 12:22 PM Subject: [NatureNS] snow fleas (probably Boreus, Mecoptera) > Has anyone into winter hiking come across these, snow fleas (Mecoptera = > scorpionflies)? > They are expected to be black or brown, about 3 mm long, flightless > (vestigial > wings), come out on to the snow surface in the day in winter, and can > jump. They have been photo'd from early December through mid February on > Bugguide.net, in places like New Hampshire and Ontario. The species > featured > on Bugguide are mostly Boreus brumalis and Boreus nivoriundus. > > A colleague from Cambridge, Malcolm Burrows, who visited here a couple of > years > ago to work on jumping mecahnisms in true bugs, is coming back again later > this > year. He is the expert on the mechanics of insect jumps and has just > asked me > if any species of Boreus is found here. Has anyone seen any jumping > critter > like this somewhere in N.S., and if so at what sort of date? > Thanks, > Steve > > > >
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