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Hi Steve (and all),
Thanks for the encouragement with regard to the crane flies. They are fascinating insects. The best online key and image library that I've come across so far is "The Crane Flies of Pennsylvania" website which was developed by Chen Young on the Carnegie Museum of Natural History portal. There is an excellent photo gallery associated with the site (a few of my photos have been used in the species galleries). There is also a pretty good interactive ID key at this URL:
http://iz.carnegiemnh.org/cranefly/idkeys.htm
Unfortunately, portions of the site require a good net connection - I'm just using a modem stick, so it's quite clunky for me these days.
Interesting about the bristletails and the two flies on volcanic sea cliffs! They seem to have a fascinating natural history. Has anyone checked for them around Delap's Cove trail as that seems as though it might provide similar habitat(?). If I'm over there any time, I shall try to have a look for them. But you're right - these types of cliffs are fairly treacherous to work around.
By the way, for those who are a bit curious about what I am doing with these moth, crane fly, beetle, bee, spider and other sightings. My interest has always been on species diversity within a chosen area of study. When I lived in eastern Ontario, our farm was my study area and I went out at least once or twice a day, making the rounds with my camera to observe and photograph insects and spiders as they appeared throughout the season. In the evenings, I would photograph moths attracted to our porch lamp for the short while it was turned on. Repeated observation can reveal much about invertebrate life in a study area - their life cycles, numbers, association with certain plants or other insects, and even behaviour and social interaction - for example, the interesting egg case guarding behaviour of many spiders. Over several seasons, I amassed a collection of several thousand photos of invertebrates, many of which are posted in my pbase galleries.
After selling the farm last spring (following the death of my husband in late 2008), I set out to look for a place in Nova Scotia that could serve as an interesting study area from spring through autumn. This place at Round Hill seems ideal - a couple of acres on a brook - with reasonably natural vegetation as the house has been pretty much unoccupied for a decade or so (believe me when I say the house is in quite a state, but that's all part of "the project" I'll be working on!) There are also many nearby natural areas if one were to venture further afield, but really, for the kind of study that I'm interested in (invertebrates), even a large backyard can seem like a vast wildlife reserve, so really little need to go beyond its borders. I'm looking forward to seeing what turns up over the next few months of observation.
Bev Wigney
Round Hill, N.S.
N44.46.23, W065.24.18 (WGS84)
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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 style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hi Steve (and all),<br><br>Thanks for the encouragement with regard to the crane flies. They are fascinating insects. The best online key and image library that I've come across so far is "The Crane Flies of Pennsylvania" website which was developed by Chen Young on the Carnegie Museum of Natural History portal. There is an excellent photo gallery associated with the site (a few of my photos have been used in the species galleries). There is also a pretty good interactive ID key at this URL:<br><span>http://iz.carnegiemnh.org/cranefly/idkeys.htm</span><br>Unfortunately, portions of the site require a good net connection
- I'm just using a modem stick, so it's quite clunky for me these days. <br><br>Interesting about the bristletails and the two flies on volcanic sea cliffs! They seem to have a fascinating natural history. Has anyone checked for them around Delap's Cove trail as that seems as though it might provide similar habitat(?). If I'm over there any time, I shall try to have a look for them. But you're right - these types of cliffs are fairly treacherous to work around. <br><br>By the way, for those who are a bit curious about what I am doing with these moth, crane fly, beetle, bee, spider and other sightings. My interest has always been on species diversity within a chosen area of study. When I lived in eastern Ontario, our farm was my study area and I went out at least once or twice a day, making the rounds with my camera to observe and photograph insects and spiders as they appeared throughout the
season. In the evenings, I would photograph moths attracted to our porch lamp for the short while it was turned on. Repeated observation can reveal much about invertebrate life in a study area - their life cycles, numbers, association with certain plants or other insects, and even behaviour and social interaction - for example, the interesting egg case guarding behaviour of many spiders. Over several seasons, I amassed a collection of several thousand photos of invertebrates, many of which are posted in my pbase galleries. After selling the farm last spring (following the death of my husband in late 2008), I set out to look for a place in Nova Scotia that could serve as an interesting study area from spring through autumn. This place at Round Hill seems ideal - a couple of acres on a brook - with reasonably natural vegetation as the house has been pretty much unoccupied for a decade or so (believe me when I say the
house is in quite a state, but that's all part of "the project" I'll be working on!) There are also many nearby natural areas if one were to venture further afield, but really, for the kind of study that I'm interested in (invertebrates), even a large backyard can seem like a vast wildlife reserve, so really little need to go beyond its borders. I'm looking forward to seeing what turns up over the next few months of observation. <br><br>Bev Wigney<br>Round Hill, N.S.<br>N44.46.23, W065.24.18 (WGS84)<br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br><br><br></div></div>
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