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Yesterday, while working up a new area of garden, I unearthed a Lytta sayi blister beetle. It was under about 10 cm. of sod and soil, at least 25 meters from nearest lupines. It was somewhat torpid and crawled over the soil and onto a coreopsis after being disturbed.
Also seen in same area, a large bumblebee foraging around rhododendron blooms. Looked to me like Bombus vagans (Half-black Bumblebee). It became quite agitated and territorial when approached. Does anyone know if there's a checklist of bumblebee species for Nova
Scotia?
Photos of both of the above at the following URL. Click on thumbnail images to see larger images.
http://www.pbase.com/crocodile/round_hill_invertebrates
Also seen yesterday -- a Red Admiral butterfly that was repeatedly attracted to a
colorful cardboard box containing bone meal - and a Mourning Cloak which seemed quite fresh, as did the one spotted in the garden a few days ago.
Bev Wigney
Round Hill, Nova Scotia.
N44.46.23, W065.24.18
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<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Yesterday, while working up a new area of garden, I unearthed a Lytta sayi blister beetle. It was under about 10 cm. of sod and soil, at least 25 meters from nearest lupines. It was somewhat torpid and crawled over the soil and onto a coreopsis after being disturbed. <br>Also seen in same area, a large bumblebee foraging around rhododendron blooms. Looked to me like Bombus vagans (Half-black Bumblebee). It became quite agitated and territorial when approached. Does anyone know if there's a checklist of bumblebee species for Nova
Scotia?<br>Photos of both of the above at the following URL. Click on thumbnail images to see larger images.<br><span>http://www.pbase.com/crocodile/round_hill_invertebrates</span><br>Also seen yesterday -- a Red Admiral butterfly that was repeatedly attracted to a
colorful cardboard box containing bone meal - and a Mourning Cloak which seemed quite fresh, as did the one spotted in the garden a few days ago. <br><br>Bev Wigney<br>Round Hill, Nova Scotia.<br>N44.46.23, W065.24.18<br><br></div>
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