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capability as these newer cameras. Aft --Apple-Mail-131--362761926 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi folks, On 12-Jun-10, at 7:19 AM, bev wigney wrote: > This may be of interest to anyone doing mothing here in Nova =20 > Scotia. Last week, after I submitted some N.S. moth records and =20 > photos to Bill Oehlke, he wrote to say that he had put together a =20 > thumbnail checklist of Nova Scotia Sphingidae (Sphinx moths). I =20 > used to contribute records and photos from Ontario before moving =20 > east this year. Bill appreciates receiving data on Sphinx moths =20 > from anyone who is mothing - species, date, location, and any =20 > additional notes, or info on caterpillars. Here's the link of the =20= > new checklist which should be very helpful for IDing Sphinx moths: > http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/nsNovaScotiasph.htm Note that in this checklist neither: Dolba hyloeus (Drury) Paratrea plebeja (Fabricius) Have actually been recorded in Nova Scotia. Also, Douglas Ferguson (1955) recorded four additional species of =20 Sphingidae in Nova Scotia including: Aellopos tantalus (Linnaeus) =96 [Sydney from the 1890's; there is some =20= question about this specimen] Eumorpha fasciata (Sulzer) =96 [Musquodoboit, McNab's Island, Granville =20= Ferry] Eumorpha pandorus (H=FCbner) =96 [Armdale] Hyles lineata (Fabricius) =96 [McNab's Island, Digby] The first three are irregular vagrant migrants, however Hyles lineata =20= (Fabricius) may be a regular migrant to this region since Ferguson =20 reported several specimens collected by John Russell in Digby. Another vagrant sub-tropical migrant recorded in this region is a =20 specimen of Xylophanes tersa (Linnaeus) collected by Barry Wright in =20 1981 on Sable Island. All the best! Chris Christopher Majka <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> | Halifax, Nova Scotia, =20 Canada * Research Associate: Nova Scotia Museum | = http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/research-asfr.htm * Review Editor: The Coleopterists Bulletin | http://www.coleopsoc.org/ * Subject Editor: ZooKeys | = http://pensoftonline.net/zookeys/index.php/journal/index * Associate Editor: Journal of the Acadian Entomological Society | = http://www.acadianes.org/journal.html * Editor: Atlantic Canada Coleoptera | = http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/atlantic_coleoptera.html "Whenever I hear of the capture of rare beetles, I feel like an old =20 war-horse at the sound of a trumpet." - Charles Darwin --Apple-Mail-131--362761926 Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi folks,<div><br><div><div>On = 12-Jun-10, at 7:19 AM, bev wigney wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; = font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, = serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">This may = be of interest to anyone doing mothing here in Nova Scotia. Last = week, after I submitted some N.S. moth records and photos to Bill = Oehlke, he wrote to say that he had put together a thumbnail checklist = of Nova Scotia Sphingidae (Sphinx moths). I used to contribute = records and photos from Ontario before moving east this year. Bill = appreciates receiving data on Sphinx moths from anyone who is mothing - = species, date, location, and any additional notes, or info on = caterpillars. Here's the link of the new checklist = which should be very helpful for IDing Sphinx moths:<br><span><a = target=3D"_blank" = href=3D"http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/nsNovaScotiasph.htm">http://www.s= ilkmoths.bizland.com/nsNovaScotiasph.htm</a></span><br></div></div></div><= /span></blockquote><br></div><div>Note that in this checklist = neither:</div><div><br></div><div><i>Dolba = hyloeus</i> (Drury)</div><div><i>Paratrea = plebeja</i> (Fabricius)</div><br></div><div>Have actually been = recorded in Nova Scotia.</div><div><br></div><div>Also, Douglas = Ferguson (1955) recorded four additional species of Sphingidae in Nova = Scotia including:</div><div><br></div><div><i>Aellopos = tantalus</i> (Linnaeus) =96 [Sydney from the 1890's; there is some = question about this specimen]</div><div><i>Eumorpha = fasciata </i>(Sulzer) =96 [Musquodoboit, McNab's Island, Granville = Ferry]</div><div><i>Eumorpha pandorus</i> (H=FCbner) =96 = [Armdale]</div><div><i>Hyles lineata</i> (Fabricius) =96 [McNab's = Island, Digby]</div><div><br></div><div><div>The first three are = irregular vagrant migrants, however <i>Hyles = lineata</i> (Fabricius) may be a regular migrant to this region = since Ferguson reported several specimens collected by John Russell in = Digby.</div><div><br></div><div>Another vagrant sub-tropical = migrant recorded in this region is a specimen of <i>Xylophanes = tersa</i> (Linnaeus) collected by Barry Wright in 1981 on = Sable Island. </div></div><div><br></div><div>All the = best!</div><div><br></div><div>Chris</div><br><br><div = apple-content-edited=3D"true"> <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: = none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: = 0px; 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font-family: = 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; "><div><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" = size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; = ">Christopher Majka <<a = href=3D"mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca">c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca</a>> = | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada</span></font></div><div><font = class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-size: 12px; "><br></span></font></div><div><font = class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-size: 12px; ">* Research Associate: Nova Scotia Museum = | <a = href=3D"http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/research-asfr.htm">http://museum.gov.n= s.ca/mnh/research-asfr.htm</a></span></font></div><div><font = class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-size: 12px; ">* Review Editor: The Coleopterists Bulletin = | <a = href=3D"http://www.coleopsoc.org/">http://www.coleopsoc.org/</a></span></f= ont></div><div><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"3"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; ">* Subject Editor: = ZooKeys | <a = href=3D"http://pensoftonline.net/zookeys/index.php/journal/index">http://p= ensoftonline.net/zookeys/index.php/journal/index</a></span></font></div><d= iv><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"3"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; ">* Associate = Editor: Journal of the Acadian Entomological Society | <a = href=3D"http://www.acadianes.org/journal.html">http://www.acadianes.org/jo= urnal.html</a></span></font></div><div><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" = size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; = ">* Editor: Atlantic Canada Coleoptera | <a = href=3D"http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/atlantic_coleoptera.html= ">http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/atlantic_coleoptera.html</a></= span></font></div><div><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"3"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; = "><br></span></font></div><div><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" = size=3D"3"><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"3"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; "><i>"Whenever I = hear of the capture of rare beetles, I feel like an old war-horse = at the sound of a trumpet."</i></span></font><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; "><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>- = Charles Darwin</span></font></div></div></span></div></span></div></s= pan></div></span></div></span></div></span> </div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-131--362761926--
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