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class=3D"Apple-style --0-533934169-1276541701=:68170 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thanks, Chris (and all) =0A=0AI've captioned all of the latest IDs except t= he last one which I'm quite sure is a Zale of some kind as it has a raised = collar similar to Z. horrida (unfortunately not so apparent in the photo). = It's not a particularly large moth. When I went out this morning, it was = still on the sheet and I photographed it in daylight as dark brown moths do= n't photograph well with artificial light - actually, they don't photograph= all that well with any light. However, here is another image which I've a= dded to the gallery. =0Ahttp://www.pbase.com/crocodile/image/125585131=0A= =0AFor those who are following the moth activity here at Round Hill, thanks= for the feedback and comments on and off the list. =0ALast night was a pr= etty good night here. I still have a few photos left to edit and upload as= there were many moths. I had 4 species of Sphinx moths during the evening= . Yet another of the Small-eyed Sphinx (Paonias myops) which I've been get= ting almost every night. =0AIn addition there were:=0ANorthern Apple Sphin= x (Sphinx poecila): =0Ahttp://www.pbase.com/crocodile/image/125575693=0ABl= ind-eyed Sphinx (Paonias excaecata):=0Ahttp://www.pbase.com/crocodile/image= /125574192=0AAnd a Waved Sphinx (Ceratomia undulosa) -- which has quite an = impressive wingspan. =0Ahttp://www.pbase.com/crocodile/image/125576977=0A= =0A=0AMost of the latest moths are now captioned and shuffled into position= by their Hodges numbers. For those who are curious as to why I keep addin= g more images of the same species of moths to the gallery, it's so that I c= an keep track of the dates of the sightings for each species. =0Ahttp://www= .pbase.com/crocodile/round_hill_moths=0A=0Aregards,=0ABev Wigney=0ARound Hi= ll, N.S.=0AN44.46.23, W065.24.18 (WGS84)=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A__________= ______________________=0AFrom: Christopher Majka <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca>= =0ATo: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=0ASent: Mon, June 14, 2010 12:46:20 PM=0ASub= ject: Re: [NatureNS] Moths and other interesting visitors to the lamp - Jun= e 12th=0A=0AHi Bev,=0A=0A=0AOn 13-Jun-10, at 12:39 PM, bev wigney wrote:=0A= =0AAnd a couple of beetles which I've tenatively ID'd as Nicrophorus orbico= llis, but they could be something quite else. One of them remained on the = sheet for awhile, so I shot several photos as I could see it was carrying a= lot of hitchhikers - which I guess to be Poecilochirus mites. =0A>http://w= ww.pbase.com/crocodile/image/125532193=0A>=0ACorrect, this is Nicrophorus o= rbicollis Say. I've no idea what the phoretic mites are.=0A=0AExcellent mot= h photos; I'm pressed for time at the moment, but here are a few IDs:=0A=0A= http://www.pbase.com/crocodile/image/125469193This is a species of Hemaris = and not Amphion floridensis.=0A=0Ahttp://www.pbase.com/crocodile/image/1255= 75780=0Ahttp://www.pbase.com/crocodile/image/125576809=0APhyllodesma americ= ana (Harris)=0A=0Ahttp://www.pbase.com/crocodile/image/125574191=0ACampaea = perlata (Guen=E9e)=0A=0Ahttp://www.pbase.com/crocodile/image/125576822=0AFi= shia illocata (Walker)=0A=0Ahttp://www.pbase.com/crocodile/image/125575837= =0ASymmerista albifrons (J.E. Smith)=0A=0Ahttp://www.pbase.com/crocodile/im= age/125576806=0AHalysidota tessellaris(J.E. Smith) &=0AXestia dolosa Francl= emont=0A=0Ahttp://www.pbase.com/crocodile/image/125575690=0AEpirrhoe altern= ata (Mueller)=0A=0Ahttp://www.pbase.com/crocodile/image/125574188=0AThis lo= oks like Biston betularia (Linnaeus).=0A=0ACheers!=0A=0AChris=0A=0A=0AChris= topher Majka <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada=0A= =0A* Research Associate: Nova Scotia Museum | http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/r= esearch-asfr.htm=0A* Review Editor: The Coleopterists Bulletin | http://www= .coleopsoc.org/=0A* Subject Editor: ZooKeys | http://pensoftonline.net/zook= eys/index.php/journal/index=0A* Associate Editor: Journal of the Acadian En= tomological Society | http://www.acadianes.org/journal.html=0A* Editor: Atl= antic Canada Coleoptera | http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/atlanti= c_coleoptera.html=0A=0A"Whenever I hear of the capture of rare beetles, I f= eel like an old war-horse at the sound of a trumpet." - Charles Darwin =0A --0-533934169-1276541701=:68170 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><style type=3D"text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></he= ad><body><div style=3D"font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;fon= t-size:12pt"><div>Thanks, Chris (and all) <br><br>I've captioned all of the= latest IDs except the last one which I'm quite sure is a Zale of some kind= as it has a raised collar similar to Z. horrida (unfortunately not so appa= rent in the photo). It's not a particularly large moth. When I = went out this morning, it was still on the sheet and I photographed it in d= aylight as dark brown moths don't photograph well with artificial light - a= ctually, they don't photograph all that well with any light. However,= here is another image which I've added to the gallery. <br><span><a = target=3D"_blank" href=3D"http://www.pbase.com/crocodile/image/125585131">h= ttp://www.pbase.com/crocodile/image/125585131</a></span><br><br>For those w= ho are following the moth activity here at Round Hill, thanks for the feedback and comments on and off the list. <br>Last night was a pret= ty good night here. I still have a few photos left to edit and upload= as there were many moths. I had 4 species of Sphinx moths during the= evening. Yet another of the Small-eyed Sphinx (Paonias myops) which = I've been getting almost every night. <br>In addition there were:<br>= Northern Apple Sphinx (Sphinx poecila): <br><span><a target=3D"_blank= " href=3D"http://www.pbase.com/crocodile/image/125575693">http://www.pbase.= com/crocodile/image/125575693</a></span><br>Blind-eyed Sphinx (Paonias exca= ecata):<br><span><a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"http://www.pbase.com/crocodil= e/image/125574192">http://www.pbase.com/crocodile/image/125574192</a></span= ><br>And a Waved Sphinx (Ceratomia undulosa) -- which has quite an impressi= ve wingspan. <br><span><a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"http://www.pbase.com/crocodile/image/125576977">http://www.pbase.c= om/crocodile/image/125576977</a></span><br><br></div><div style=3D"font-fam= ily: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Most of the la= test moth