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Index of Subjects One thing I have noticed is far fewer Odonates on the shores of L Torment, Kings Co. I have been going there over 40 years and when I was a kid I used to search along the rocks and gather all of the shed nymphal skins I could find. And I found a lot. I still come across remnants of my collection tucked into a drawer or matchbox to this day. Now I rarely find any shed skins on the rocks. Others may have also noted changes in the always-popular and obvious Dragonflies and Damselflies. Nancy On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 8:02 PM, Angus MacLean <cold_mac@hotmail.com> wrote: > Steve's "rant" & other comments center on the weather we have experienced > this spring & fall. However: > > I have been photographing insects since 2005. I recall thinking during the > first two years that this was a great hobby, insects wherever one looked so > that some days I took 300-400 photos. Then numbers started declining.... so > much so that in the past few years I consider it a good day to get 5-10 > useful photos (excluding honey bees which are numerous here in the Valley). > > I am certain that some people still find high insect populations in their > area. For instance I have found that in northern Cape Breton, there are more > insects & in particular, populations of Bumble Bees. > > We do have good comparative data re birds & the Butterfly Atlas will collect > much useful data too, albeit somewhat late. There may be similar studies of > other groups although the only specific study that comes to mind is that of > Bumble Bees where data has been collected over a number of years (followed > by disturbing analysis!). Are there others? > > As birders we sometimes thought how exciting it must have been to be birding > in the forties through early fifties when populations were said to be > abundant. I wish now I had started my "new" hobby a few years or perhaps > decades earlier! > > Likely in 20 years from now, people will look at insect photos on the Net & > think (similar to the Eskimo Curlew).."Gee, I wish I had seen that". > > Angus
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