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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_007F_01CE9546.7573B650 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi All, Aug 9, 2013 I don't want to sound like a wet blanket but one should be aware = that both Bug Guide and images have limits; the truism that a picture is = worth a thousand words nonwithstanding. This Feb., I wondered what the oval 'shelters', that are made of = shredded White Pine inner bark, in which I have found Pytho americanus = Kirby are called and whether they are made by the larval or adult stage. = So I Googled Pytho and was pointed to a Bug Guide image of Pytho = americanus Kirby that did not remotely resemble the genuine article. =20 Recently I failed to ID an image of a very common fern that I have = know for 75 years and which I see just about everywhere in my woodlot = during the growing season. It was a perfectly good image but it looked = too green, too firm and too regular to be what it was.=20 Nothing beats first-hand contact with the organism by unaided eye, = feel, hand lens or microscope as applicable.=20 Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Angus MacLean=20 To: naturens=20 Sent: Friday, August 09, 2013 4:41 PM Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Colourful Caddisfly- correct ID? Great photo, Nancy. =20 Your i.d. seems reasonable but take a look at Hesperophylax = designatus. =20 Caddisflies must be difficult for even the experts to identify. =20 Angus =20 > Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2013 11:15:13 -0300 > Subject: [NatureNS] Colourful Caddisfly- correct ID? > From: nancypdowd@gmail.com > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >=20 > This caddisfly was attracted to the outside lights at L Torment, E > Dalhousie, Kings Co this week. I identified it on Bug Guide. Does > anyone know if this is the correct identity? > http://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/9473217066/ >=20 > The sand grain cases shown for this genus certainly look like the = ones > I am used to seeing on the lakeshore. >=20 > I did not realize adult Caddisflies could be so colourful. >=20 > Nancy >=20 > Sent from my iPhone No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3211/6563 - Release Date: = 08/09/13 ------=_NextPart_000_007F_01CE9546.7573B650 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <STYLE>.hmmessage P { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } BODY.hmmessage { FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 12pt } </STYLE> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.23507"></HEAD> <BODY class=3Dhmmessage bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Hi=20 All, &nb= sp; =20 Aug 9, 2013</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial> I don't want to sound = like a=20 wet blanket but one should be aware that both Bug Guide and images have = limits;=20 the truism that a picture is worth a thousand words=20 nonwithstanding.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial> This Feb., I wondered what = the oval=20 'shelters', that are made of shredded White Pine inner bark, in = which I=20 have found <EM>Pytho americanus</EM> Kirby are called and whether = they are=20 made by the larval or adult stage. So I Googled Pytho and was = pointed=20 to a Bug Guide image of <EM>Pytho americanus</EM> Kirby that did = not=20 remotely resemble the genuine article.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial> </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial> Recently I failed to ID an = image of a=20 very common fern that I have know for 75 years and which I see just = about=20 everywhere in my woodlot during the growing season. It was a perfectly = good=20 image but it looked too green, too firm and too regular to be what it = was.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial> Nothing beats first-hand = contact with=20 the organism by unaided eye, feel, hand lens or microscope as = applicable.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20 dir=3Dltr> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dcold_mac@hotmail.com = href=3D"mailto:cold_mac@hotmail.com">Angus=20 MacLean</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, August 09, 2013 = 4:41=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [NatureNS] = Colourful=20 Caddisfly- correct ID?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr>Great photo, Nancy.<BR> <BR>Your i.d. seems = reasonable but=20 take a look at Hesperophylax designatus.<BR> <BR>Caddisflies must = be=20 difficult for even the experts to=20 identify.<BR> <BR>Angus<BR> <BR> <DIV>> Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2013 11:15:13 -0300<BR>> Subject: = [NatureNS]=20 Colourful Caddisfly- correct ID?<BR>> From: <A=20 href=3D"mailto:nancypdowd@gmail.com">nancypdowd@gmail.com</A><BR>> = To: <A=20 = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A><BR>&g= t;=20 <BR>> This caddisfly was attracted to the outside lights at L = Torment,=20 E<BR>> Dalhousie, Kings Co this week. I identified it on