[NatureNS] Spring leps & bugs

From: "D W Bridgehouse" <d.bridgehouse@ns.sympatico.ca>
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Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 18:52:21 -0300
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John Gilhen and I took advantage of this great weather to look for early
spring bugs and herps as we took a run to the Mt Uniacke area and vicinity.
Unfortunately John bonked in the herp dept but did hear a couple of wood
frogs. 

 

I saw my first Cicindelid of the spring that being a 12 spotted  C.
12gutatta tiger beetle . Also a bumble bee Bombus ssp ., many bee flies
Bombylius major  , saw a Polistes sp wasp , and many other thread waisted
and Sphecidae hunting wasps. 

 

Lep wise I was searching for early Spring Azure and /or Elfins . Even
looking for the trifecta of perhaps , Mourning Cloak, Compton Tortoisehell
and any of the  Comma sp ! 

 

But I was surprised with a Cabbage White aka Pieris rapae !

 

Although not a great lep but a nice early flite record all the same . I
could only to my surprise find 1 other record earlier than this for this
species in Nova Scotia and that bug was recorded  March 20 , 1905 from
McNabs Island, Halifax Harbour. I wonder what the weather was like that day
? ? ? 

 

Bring it !

 

DB


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<p class=3DMsoNormal>John Gilhen and I took advantage of this great =
weather to
look for early spring bugs and herps as we took a run to the Mt Uniacke =
area and
vicinity. Unfortunately John bonked in the herp dept but did hear a =
couple of
wood frogs. <o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal>I saw my first Cicindelid of the spring that being =
a 12
spotted&nbsp; C. 12gutatta tiger beetle . Also a bumble bee =
<b><i>Bombus</i></b>
ssp ., many bee flies <b><i>Bombylius major</i></b>&nbsp; , saw a =
<b><i>Polistes
</i></b>sp wasp , and many other thread waisted and <b><i>Sphecidae =
</i></b>hunting
wasps. <o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal>Lep wise I was searching for early Spring Azure and =
/or
Elfins . Even looking for the trifecta of perhaps , Mourning Cloak, =
Compton
Tortoisehell and any of the &nbsp;Comma sp ! <o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal>But I was surprised with a Cabbage White aka =
<b><i>Pieris rapae
!<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><i><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></i></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal>Although not a great lep but a nice early flite =
record all
the same . I could only to my surprise find 1 other record earlier than =
this
for this species in Nova Scotia and that bug was recorded &nbsp;March 20 =
, 1905
from &nbsp;McNabs Island, Halifax Harbour. I wonder what the weather was =
like
that day ? ? ? <o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal>Bring it !<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal>DB<o:p></o:p></p>

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