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Index of Subjects --_e0119693-fbbb-42b5-be16-2fa96b253b5e_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Tried Butler Road (south Kings) yesterday afternoon. Usually a good spot fo= r butterflies but not this summer. =20 Earlier lots of flowers along the roadside but the Logging co. have bushwac= ked the edges for quite a distance so that habitat (good for insects) is go= ne for the year. On the positive side=2C the road has been dragged/graded s= o the driving is much better (no deep potholes). =20 One sideroad had lots of bees=2C mostly Bombus ternarius...~50=2C (like St= eve Shaw found at Mount Uniacke)=2C with just a few B. vagans & B. impatien= s. The latter has been the most common bee in Kings but B. ternarius appear= s to be much more common. The latter also flies very late in the fall. Also= rivalling ternarius in numbers was our common paper wasp=2C Polistes fusca= tus. At the end of the road in an open area found a few Ringlets & Clouded = Sulphurs. =20 On another sideroad with seemingly the same amount of flowers=2C no insects= but huge numbers of large blackberries. It was quite warm (28+). The berr= ies in the sun tasted almost hot!!=20 =20 Angus=20 = --_e0119693-fbbb-42b5-be16-2fa96b253b5e_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <style><!-- .hmmessage P { margin:0px=3B padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 12pt=3B font-family:Calibri } --></style></head> <body class=3D'hmmessage'><div dir=3D'ltr'>Tried Butler Road (south Kings) = yesterday afternoon. Usually a good spot for butterflies but not this summe= r.<BR>  =3B<BR> Earlier lots of flowers along the roadside but the Logging co. have bushwac= ked the edges for quite a distance so that habitat (good for insects) is go= ne for the year. On the positive side=2C the road has been dragged/graded s= o the driving is much better (no deep potholes).<BR>  =3B<BR> One sideroad had lots of bees=2C mostly =3BBombus =3Bternarius...~5= 0=2C  =3B(like Steve Shaw found at Mount Uniacke)=2C with just a few B.= vagans &=3B B. impatiens. =3BThe latter has been the most common be= e in Kings but B. ternarius appears to be much more common. The latter also= flies very late in the fall. Also rivalling ternarius in numbers =3Bwa= s our common paper wasp=2C Polistes fuscatus. At the end of the road in an = open area found a few Ringlets &=3B Clouded Sulphurs.<BR>  =3B<BR> On another sideroad with seemingly the same amount of flowers=2C no insects= but huge numbers of<STRONG> large =3B</STRONG>blackberries. It was qui= te warm (28+). =3B =3BThe berries in the sun =3Btasted almost h= ot!! =3B<BR>  =3B<BR> Angus =3B<BR> </div></body> </html>= --_e0119693-fbbb-42b5-be16-2fa96b253b5e_--
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