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--Apple-Mail-18--736678780 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed The new beetle on beech that Steve referred to is probably the beech leaf mining weevil, not a flea beetle -- but maybe Steve also has a flea beetle on his garden beech? -- anyway, see the following article from a recent Herald issue: Chronicle Herald, Tues., June 12, 2012, front page: http://thechronicleherald.ca/metro/106292-what-a-beech-evil-weevil- lands-in-halifax What a beech: Evil weevil lands in Halifax June 12, 2012 - 4:13am BY FRANCES WILLICK STAFF REPORTER Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. Begin forwarded message: > From: Paul MacDonald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com> > Date: June 23, 2012 7:44:40 PM ADT > To: "naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Beech Drops -> beech flea beetles > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Different problem Steve. > Beech trees seem to get hit from all sides. > The beech tree I refered to had clear bark all the way up so was > either > resistant to Beech Bark Disease or is sufficiently isolated not to > get it. > Where I said single stake I should have said single stock. > Doesn't sound like a good bug in the trees in Halifax. > Hopefully beech trees are far enough apart it wouldn't spread. > Have a nice summer > Paul > > > From: Steve Shaw <srshaw@dal.ca> > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2012 6:55:10 PM > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Beech Drops -> beech flea beetles > > Hi Paul, > On 23-Jun-12, at 5:27 PM, Paul MacDonald wrote: >> Hi All >> Yesterday we were walking a trail along the river and we came upon >> a Beech Drop plant. Epifagus virginiana. It was only a single >> stake yet >> bu had a lot of buds on it that might develop into branches. >> It was quite a brillant purple. >> Because of the disease of beech trees the beech drops are probably >> quite rare now. > Does this beech disease you mention above relate to the recent > article in the Chronicle Herald about a new infestation of beech > trees (in particular) by a newly invading European flea beetle, or > is there something else? We have a beech in the garden in Halifax > and it is heavily affected this year for the first time. You can > find the little back beetles about 2 mm long with chunky back legs > (femora) under some of the damaged leaves, and they are aptly named > -- they do like to jump. > Steve, Halifax > > >> This was in an area where there was a healthy stand of beech. >> One tree was perhaps 40 cms in diameter and was straight up to 6 - >> 7 m >> until the first branch. Quite an impressive tree. There was some >> smaller trees >> in the area also. >> Not far away was the first flower for this year of Calopogon, >> one of Nova Scotias prettiest flowers.Celebrating the start of >> summer. >> Enjoy the season >> Paul >> >> >> > > > --Apple-Mail-18--736678780 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> The new beetle on beech that Steve referred to is probably the beech = leaf mining weevil, not a flea beetle -- but maybe Steve also has a flea = beetle on his garden beech? -- anyway, see the following article = from a recent Herald issue:<div><br></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Chronicle = Herald, Tues., June 12, 2012, front page:</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; line-height: 17px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); min-height: = 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 17px; = background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #001ee6"><a = href=3D"http://thechronicleherald.ca/metro/106292-what-a-beech-evil-weevil= -lands-in-halifax">http://thechronicleherald.ca/metro/106292-what-a-beech-= evil-weevil-lands-in-halifax</a></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = line-height: 17px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; line-height: 40px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, = 238); "><font face=3D"Times" size=3D"7" style=3D"font: 34.0px = Times">What a beech: Evil weevil lands in Halifax</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, = 238); "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#999999" = style=3D"font: 11.0px Helvetica; color: #999999">June 12, 2012 - 4:13am = <font color=3D"#a03234" style=3D"color: #a03234"><b><a = href=3D"http://thechronicleherald.ca/author/frances-willick-staff-reporter= -0">BY FRANCES WILLICK STAFF = REPORTER</a></b></font></font></div><div><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#999999" style=3D"font: 11.0px Helvetica; color: = #999999"><font color=3D"#a03234" style=3D"color: = #a03234"><br></font></font></div><div><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#999999" style=3D"font: 11.0px Helvetica; color: #999999"><font = color=3D"#a03234" style=3D"color: #a03234">Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville.</font></font></div><div><br><div>Begin forwarded = message:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Paul MacDonald <<a = href=3D"mailto:paulrita2001@yahoo.com">paulrita2001@yahoo.com</a>></fon= t></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000"