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2=3B text-indent=3A 0px=3B text-transform=3A none=3B whit --Apple-Mail-786--15492491 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Angela, These aphids are abundant on alder in many areas. Their symbiotic relationship with ants is an intriguing one. All the best! Chris On 2-Oct-11, at 6:30 PM, AngelaJoudrey wrote: > Good bit of info. Thanks! > > I walk by a "patch" of this on my dog walks. Everytime, I think > "Huh, I should bring my camera" , then promptly forget that > thought till the next dog walk. > > There is some of this growing on an alder at the Windsor Exhibition > grounds. > > Angela in Windsor > > On 10/02/11, Christopher Majka <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: >> >> Hi James, >> >> >> Thanks for sending the photos. Fortunately this was easy for me to >> identify, since it's not mold or fungi but in fact an insect! :-> >> >> These are woolly alder aphids (Prociphilus tessellatus Fitch, >> 1851). See the URLs below for further information: >> >> http://www2.brevard.edu/jefrick/aphids.htm >> http://bugguide.net/node/view/157195 >> >> If you scrape away some of the white, cottony flocculant material >> on the surface you will see the aphids within. >> >> Cheers! >> >> Chris >> >> On 2-Oct-11, at 1:33 PM, James Hirtle wrote: >> >>> Hi all: >>> >>> I've taken photos of a white filamentous mold or fungi growing on >>> the bark of a small tree. The photos were taken along the Back >>> Harbour Trail in Lunenburg a few days ago. If there is someone >>> online who is an expert in the field and would like to see the >>> photos, let me know, I would love to know a little more about this >>> growth. Thanks in advance. >>> >>> James R. Hirtle >>> Bridgewater >> >> >> >> Christopher Majka <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> | Halifax, Nova >> Scotia, 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 >> * Review Editor: Zootaxa | http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/taxa/Coleoptera.html >> * 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/PDF/index.html >> * Editor: Bugguide, Coleoptera http://bugguide.net >> >> Whenever I hear of the capture of rare beetles, I feel like an old >> war-horse at the sound of a trumpet.- Charles Darwin >> >> > -- > "The significant problems of our time cannot be solved by the same > level of thinking that created them." > Albert Einstein > > "When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to > the rest of the world." > John Muir > > > --Apple-Mail-786--15492491 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi = Angela,<div><br></div><div>These aphids are abundant on alder in many = areas. Their symbiotic relationship with ants is an intriguing = one.</div><div><br></div><div>All the = best!</div><div><br></div><div>Chris</div><div><br><div><div>On = 2-Oct-11, at 6:30 PM, AngelaJoudrey wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite">Good bit = of info. Thanks!<br><br>I walk by a "patch" of this on my dog = walks. Everytime, I think "Huh, I should bring my camera" , then = promptly forget that thought till the next dog walk.<br><br>There is = some of this growing on an alder at the Windsor Exhibition grounds. = <br><br>Angela in Windsor<br><br><span>On 10/02/11, <b = class=3D"name">Christopher Majka </b> <<a = href=3D"mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca">c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca</a>> = wrote:</span><blockquote = cite=3D"mid:699B8A25-6AED-421B-8553-7D1E67647B81@ns.sympatico.ca" = class=3D"iwcQuote" style=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 255); = padding-left: 13px; margin-left: 0pt;" type=3D"cite"><div = class=3D"mimepart text html"><span><p><table><tbody><tr><td = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word;"><p>Hi = James,</p><div><br></div><div>Thanks for sending the photos. Fortunately = this was easy for me to identify, since it's not mold or fungi but in = fact an insect! :-></div><div><br></div><div>These are woolly alder = aphids (<i>Prociphilus tessellatus</i> Fitch, 1851). See the URLs below = for further information:</div><div><br></div><div><a = href=3D"http://www2.brevard.edu/jefrick/aphids.htm" = target=3D"1">http://www2.brevard.edu/jefrick/aphids.htm</a></div><div><a = href=3D"http://bugguide.net/node/view/157195" = target=3D"1">http://bugguide.net/node/view/157195</a></div><div><br></div>= <div>If you scrape away some of the white, cottony flocculant material = on the surface you will see the aphids = within.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers!</div><div><br></div><div>Chris</d= iv><div><br><div><div>On 2-Oct-11, at 1:33 PM, James Hirtle = wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div class=3D"hmmessage" style=3D"font-size: 10pt; = font-family: Tahoma;"><div dir=3D"ltr">Hi all:<br> <br>I've taken = photos of a white filamentous mold or fungi growing on the bark of a = small tree. The photos were taken along the Back Harbour Trail in = Lunenburg a few days ago. If there is someone online who is an = expert in the field and would like to see the photos, let me know, I = would love to know a little more about this growth. Thanks in = advance.<br> <br>James R. = Hirtle<br>Bridgewater<br></div></div></blockquote></div><br></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-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; font-size: medium;"><div style=3D"word-wrap:= break-word;"><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-indent: = 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: = 0px; font-size: medium;"><div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word;"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; 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text-transform: none; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; font-size: = medium;"><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word;"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><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" = target=3D"1">http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/research-asfr.htm</a></span></fon= t></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/" = target=3D"1">http://www.coleopsoc.org/</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;">* Subject Editor: ZooKeys | <a = href=3D"http://pensoftonline.net/zookeys/index.php/journal/index" = target=3D"1">http://pensoftonline.net/zookeys/index.php/journal/index</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: = Zootaxa | <a = href=3D"http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/taxa/Coleoptera.html" = target=3D"1">http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/taxa/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;">* Associate = Editor: Journal of the Acadian Entomological Society | <a = href=3D"http://www.acadianes.org/journal.html" = target=3D"1">http://www.acadianes.org/journal.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/PDF/index.html" = target=3D"1">http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/PDF/index.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: = Bugguide, Coleoptera <a href=3D"http://bugguide.net" = target=3D"1">http://bugguide.net</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><i><font = class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-size: 12px;">Whenever I hear of the capture of = rare beetles, I feel like an old war-horse at the sound of a = trumpet.</span></font></i><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"><font = class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"3"></font></span><font = class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-size: 12px;">- = Charles Darwin</span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div= ></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span> = </div><br></td></tr></tbody></table></p></span></div></blockquote><div>--<= /div>"The significant problems of our time cannot be solved by the same = level of thinking that created them."<br>Albert Einstein<br><br>"When = one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest = of the world."<br>John = Muir<br><br><br><br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-786--15492491--
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