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wi This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_OaMjQ2YA89Ig5H7lEvSMkg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Content-disposition: inline Good bit of info=2E=A0 Thanks! I walk by a =22patch=22 of this on my dog walks=2E Everytime=2C I think = =22Huh=2C I should bring my camera=22 =2C =A0 then promptly forget that = thought till the next dog walk=2E There is some of this growing on an alder at the Windsor Exhibition grou= nds=2E = Angela in Windsor On 10/02/11=2C Christopher Majka =3Cc=2Emajka=40ns=2Esympatico=2Eca=3E = wrote=3A =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E Hi James=2C =3E = =3E = =3E Thanks for sending the photos=2E Fortunately this was easy for me to= identify=2C since it=27s not mold or fungi but in fact an insect! =3A-=3E= =3E = =3E = =3E These are woolly alder aphids (Prociphilus tessellatus Fitch=2C 1851= )=2E See the URLs below for further information=3A =3E = =3E = =3E http=3A//www2=2Ebrevard=2Eedu/jefrick/aphids=2Ehtm =3E http=3A//bugguide=2Enet/node/view/157195 =3E = =3E = =3E If you scrape away some of the white=2C cottony flocculant material = on the surface you will see the aphids within=2E =3E = =3E = =3E Cheers! =3E = =3E = =3E Chris =3E = =3E On 2-Oct-11=2C at 1=3A33 PM=2C James Hirtle wrote=3A =3E = =3E = =3E =3E Hi all=3A =3E =3E =A0 =3E =3E I=27ve taken photos of a white filamentous mold or fungi growing= on the bark of a small tree=2E=A0 The photos were taken along the Back = Harbour Trail in Lunenburg a few days ago=2E=A0 If there is someone onli= ne who is an expert in the field and would like to see the photos=2C let= me know=2C I would love to know a little more about this growth=2E=A0 T= hanks in advance=2E =3E =3E =A0 =3E =3E James R=2E Hirtle =3E =3E Bridgewater =3E =3E = =3E =3E = =3E =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E Christopher Majka =A0=3Cc=2Emajka=40ns=2Esympatico=2Eca=3E =7C=A0Ha= lifax=2C Nova Scotia=2C Canada =3E = =3E = =3E * Research Associate=3A Nova Scotia Museum =7C=A0http=3A//museum=2Eg= ov=2Ens=2Eca/mnh/research-asfr=2Ehtm =3E * Review Editor=3A The Coleopterists Bulletin =7C=A0http=3A//www=2Ec= oleopsoc=2Eorg/ =3E * Subject Editor=3A ZooKeys =7C=A0http=3A//pensoftonline=2Enet/zooke= ys/index=2Ephp/journal/index =3E * Review Editor=3A Zootaxa =7C=A0http=3A//www=2Emapress=2Ecom/zootax= a/taxa/Coleoptera=2Ehtml =3E * Associate Editor=3A Journal of the Acadian Entomological Society =7C= =A0http=3A//www=2Eacadianes=2Eorg/journal=2Ehtml =3E * Editor=3A Atlantic Canada Coleoptera =7C=A0http=3A//www=2Echebucto= =2Ens=2Eca/Environment/NHR/PDF/index=2Ehtml =3E * Editor=3A Bugguide=2C Coleoptera=A0http=3A//bugguide=2Enet =3E = =3E = =3E Whenever I hear of the capture of rare=A0beetles=2C I feel like an o= ld war-horse at the sound of a trumpet=2E=A0- Charles=A0Darwin =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = -- =22The significant problems of our time cannot be solved by the same lev= el of thinking that created them=2E=22 Albert Einstein =22When one tugs at a single thing in nature=2C he finds it attached to = the rest of the world=2E=22 John Muir --Boundary_(ID_OaMjQ2YA89Ig5H7lEvSMkg) Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Content-disposition: inline Good bit of info=2E=A0 Thanks!=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3EI walk by a =26quot=3B= patch=26quot=3B of this on my dog walks=2E Everytime=2C I think =26quot=3B= Huh=2C I should bring my camera=26quot=3B =2C =A0 then promptly forget t= hat thought till the next dog walk=2E=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3EThere is some o= f this growing on an alder at the Windsor Exhibition grounds=2E =3Cbr /=3E= =3Cbr /=3EAngela in Windsor=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E=3Cspan=3EOn 10/02/11=2C = =3Cb class=3D=22name=22=3EChristopher Majka =3C/b=3E =26lt=3Bc=2Emajka=40= ns=2Esympatico=2Eca=26gt=3B wrote=3A=3C/span=3E=3Cblockquote cite=3D=22m= id=3A699B8A25-6AED-421B-8553-7D1E67647B81=40ns=2Esympatico=2Eca=22 class= =3D=22iwcQuote=22 style=3D=22border-left=3A 1px solid rgb(0=2C 0=2C 255)= =3B padding-left=3A 13px=3B margin-left=3A 0pt=3B=22 type=3D=22cite=22=3E= =3Cdiv class=3D=22mimepart text html=22=3E=3Cspan=3E=3Cp=3E=3Ctable=3E=3C= tbody=3E=3Ctr=3E=3Ctd style=3D=22word-wrap=3A break-word=3B=22=3E=3Cp=3E= Hi James=2C=3C/p=3E=3Cdiv=3E=3Cbr /=3E=3C/div=3E=3Cdiv=3EThanks for send= ing the photos=2E Fortunately this was easy for me to identify=2C since = it=27s not mold or fungi but in fact an insect! 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