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Hello folks=2C
=20
Although I am not very conscientious about recording insects=2C Monarchs (D=
anaus plexippus) did seem scarcer than usual to me this year.  The only one=
s I saw were two at some dogbane flowers (Apocynum androsaemaefolium=2C I t=
hink) along the dykes at the east end of the Grand Pr=E9 on 11 August.   Th=
ey were quite worn=2C definitely not freshly emerged ones.  I had been look=
ing for Black Swallowtails=2C and may have glimpsed one of these=2C but did=
 not get a close enough look to be sure.




Wayne P. Neily=20
Tremont=2C Kings Co.=2C Nova Scotia

"Two roads diverged in a wood=2C and I --=20
I took the one less traveled by=2C=20
And that has made all the difference." - Robert Frost=2C 1916 [The Road Not=
 Taken]=20
 =20




Date: Wed=2C 4 Sep 2013 05:11:56 -0700
From: klymko@yahoo.ca
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Fwd: re Any Monarch Sightings?
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca



There have been very few Monarchs reported this year in the Maritimes. On e=
Butterfly there are just five records from the Maritimes for this year (two=
 from NS=2C two from NB=2C one from PE). I haven't had any reports submitte=
d directly to me=2C but I do know there were caterpillars found in Apple Ri=
ver in August. Many Maritimes Butterfly Atlas participants won't submit the=
ir records until the late fall=2C so I won't have the full set of this year=
's records until winter.

=20
For the Maritimes this low number of reports is not all that unusual.  In T=
homas' 1996 "A Preliminary Atlas of the Butterflies of New Brunswick"=2C th=
e species is described as "A rare migrant=2C not seen every year". In Fergu=
son's 1953 "Lepidoptera of Nova Scotia" it is noted that "Normally only  a =
scattering of individuals appear=2C even in late summer...".  That said=2C =
the eastern North American population of Monarch does appear to be at a ver=
y low level. The area occupied by the overwintering colonies in Mexico were=
 at the lowest level ever measured since monitoring started in 1975. See ht=
tp://monarchwatch.org/blog/2013/03/monarch-population-status-18/ for a disc=
ussion.=20
=20
Cheers=2C
John
 =20
John Klymko
jklymko@mta.ca
Director- Maritimes Butterfly Atlas
Atlantic Canada Conservation Data Centre
PO Box 6416=2C Sackville=2C NB E4L 1G6
(506)364-2660(tel)=3B (506)364-2656(fax)

http://accdc.com/butterflyatlas.html






From: Sharon Hawboldt <sharon.hawboldt@eastlink.ca>
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20
Sent: Tuesday=2C September 3=2C 2013 10:11:43 AM
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Fwd: re Any Monarch Sightings?







I spotted that monarch on August 12. Since that I had a few visit the flowe=
rs in my garden which I could view closely.
Sharon Hawboldt
Belleisle

----- Original Message -----=20
From: James W. Wolford=20
To: NatureNS=20
Sent: Tuesday=2C September 03=2C 2013 1:51 AM
Subject: [NatureNS] Fwd: re Any Monarch Sightings?
=20




Subject: re Any Monarch Sightings?

I recall seeing a single report=2C from Sharon Hawboldt?=2C about finding l=
ots of common milkweed and seeing a single monarch in the Belleisle Marsh=
=2C but I wondered at the time whether it could have been a viceroy=2C sinc=
e monarch sightings this year have been understandably very few.  I  cannot=
 find that report=2C but perhaps Sharon can find it -- or maybe my memory h=
ere is faulty and it was someone else?  Perhaps John Klymko can provide som=
e info' on that or other reports?  Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. =20



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From: Larry Bogan <larry@bogan.ca>
Date: September 2=2C 2013 10:11:15 PM ADT
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: [NatureNS] Any Monarch Sightings?
Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca


In early August I reported seeing two Monarchs on my property in the Valley=
. After that I saw two more in our area but not on my property. The ones I =
saw did not stay around to breed or lay eggs. One stayed in my field of mil=
kweed for over a week but I never found any eggs or larvae.


There was only one other report that I know of on this listserv... in Scots=
 Bay on July 14.=20
Has anyone else observed any adult Monarchs..... more importantly=2C has an=
yone seen eggs or larvae?


////// =3D=3D=3D ///////
Larry Bogan=20
Brooklyn Corner=2C Nova Scotia
<larry@bogan.ca>


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<P>Although I am not very conscientious about recording insects=2C Monarchs=
 (<EM>Danaus plexippus</EM>) did seem scarcer than usual to me this year.&n=
bsp=3B The only ones I saw were two at some dogbane flowers (<EM>Apocynum a=
ndrosaemaefolium</EM>=2C I think) along the dykes at the east end of the Gr=
and Pr=E9 on 11 August.&nbsp=3B&nbsp=3B They were quite worn=2C definitely =
not freshly emerged ones. &nbsp=3BI had been looking for Black Swallowtails=
=2C and may have glimpsed one of these=2C but did not get a close enough lo=
ok to be sure.<BR>
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<DIV>Wayne P. Neily&nbsp=3B<BR>Tremont=2C Kings Co.=2C Nova Scotia</DIV>
<DIV><BR>"Two roads diverged in a wood=2C and I -- <BR>I took the one less =
traveled by=2C <BR>And that has made all the difference." - Robert Frost=2C=
 1916 [The Road Not Taken]&nbsp=3B<BR>&nbsp=3B </DIV>
<BR>
<DIV>
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Date: Wed=2C 4 Sep 2013 05:11:56 -0700<BR>From: klymko@yahoo.ca<BR>Subject:=
 Re: [NatureNS] Fwd: re Any Monarch Sightings?<BR>To: naturens@chebucto.ns.=
ca<BR><BR>
<DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt=3B COLOR: #000=3B FONT-FAMILY: times new roma=
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<DIV class=3DecxMsoNormal><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt=3B COLOR: rgb(31=
=2C73=2C125)=3B FONT-FAMILY: Calibri=2C sans-serif">There have been very fe=
w Monarchs reported this year in the Maritimes. On eButterfly there are jus=
t five records from the Maritimes for this year (two from NS=2C two from NB=
=2C one from PE). I haven't had any reports submitted directly to me=2C but=
 I do know there were caterpillars found in Apple River in August. Many Mar=
itimes Butterfly Atlas participants won't submit their records until the la=
te fall=2C so I won't have the full set of this year's records until winter=
.</SPAN><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=3DecxMsoNormal><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt=3B COLOR: #1f497d=
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<DIV class=3DecxMsoNormal><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt=3B COLOR: #1f497d=
=3B FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'=2C'sans-serif'">For the Maritimes this low numbe=
r of reports is not all that unusual. &nbsp=3BIn Thomas' 1996 "A Preliminar=
y Atlas of the Butterflies of New Brunswick"=2C the species is described as=
 "A rare migrant=2C not seen every year". In Ferguson's 1953 "Lepidoptera o=
f Nova Scotia" it is noted that "Normally only &nbsp=3Ba scattering of indi=
viduals appear=2C even in late summer...". &nbsp=3BThat said=2C the eastern=
 North American population of Monarch does appear to be at a very low level=
. The area occupied by the overwintering colonies in Mexico were at the low=
est level ever measured since monitoring started in 1975. See </SPAN><A hre=
f=3D"http://monarchwatch.org/blog/2013/03/monarch-population-status-18/" ta=
rget=3D_blank>http://monarchwatch.org/blog/2013/03/monarch-population-statu=
s-18/</A> <SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt=3B COLOR: #1f497d=3B FONT-FAMILY: =
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=3B FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'=2C'sans-serif'">John</SPAN></DIV>
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SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tuesday=2C September 3=2C=
 2013 10:11:43 AM<BR><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I spotted that monarch on August 12. Since=
 that I had a few visit the flowers in my garden which I could view closely=
.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Sharon Hawboldt</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Belleisle</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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B>From:</B> <A title=3D"" href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca" target=3D_=
blank rel=3Dnofollow>James W. Wolford</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=3D"" href=3D"mailto:nat=
urens@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D_blank rel=3Dnofollow>NatureNS</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday=2C September 03=2C 201=
3 1:51 AM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Fwd: re Any Mona=
rch Sightings?</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp=3B</DIV>
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<DIV><BR></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica=3B COLOR: rg=
b(0=2C0=2C0)" color=3D#000000 size=3D3><B>Subject: </B></FONT><FONT style=
=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" size=3D3><B>re Any Monarch Sightings?</B></FONT><=
/DIV>
<DIV style=3D"MIN-HEIGHT: 14px=3B MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>I recall seeing a =
single report=2C from Sharon Hawboldt?=2C about finding lots of common milk=
weed and seeing a single monarch in the Belleisle Marsh=2C but I wondered a=
t the time whether it could have been a viceroy=2C since monarch sightings =
this year have been understandably very few. &nbsp=3BI &nbsp=3Bcannot find =
that report=2C but perhaps Sharon can find it -- or maybe my memory here is=
 faulty and it was someone else? &nbsp=3BPerhaps John Klymko can provide so=
me info' on that or other reports? &nbsp=3BCheers from Jim in Wolfville. &n=
bsp=3B<BR>
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b(0=2C0=2C0)" color=3D#000000 size=3D3><B>From: </B></FONT><FONT style=3D"F=
ONT: 12px Helvetica" size=3D3>Larry Bogan &lt=3B<A href=3D"mailto:larry@bog=
an.ca" target=3D_blank rel=3Dnofollow>larry@bogan.ca</A>&gt=3B</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica=3B COLOR: rg=
b(0=2C0=2C0)" color=3D#000000 size=3D3><B>Date: </B></FONT><FONT style=3D"F=
ONT: 12px Helvetica" size=3D3>September 2=2C 2013 10:11:15 PM ADT</FONT></D=
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=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" size=3D3><B>[NatureNS] Any Monarch Sightings?</B>=
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<DIV style=3D"MIN-HEIGHT: 14px=3B MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">In early August I reported seeing two Monarchs o=
n my property in the Valley. After that I saw two more in our area but not =
on my property. The ones I saw did not stay around to breed or lay eggs. On=
e stayed in my field of milkweed for over a week but I never found any eggs=
 or larvae.</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"MIN-HEIGHT: 14px=3B MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">There was only one other report that I know of o=
n this listserv... in Scots Bay on July 14.<SPAN class=3Decxyiv7305449864Ap=
ple-converted-space>&nbsp=3B</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">Has anyone else observed any adult Monarchs.....=
 more importantly=2C has anyone seen eggs or larvae?</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"MIN-HEIGHT: 14px=3B MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">////// =3D=3D=3D ///////</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">Larry Bogan<SPAN class=3Decxyiv7305449864Apple-c=
onverted-space>&nbsp=3B</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">Brooklyn Corner=2C Nova Scotia</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">&lt=3B<A href=3D"mailto:larry@bogan.ca" target=
=3D_blank rel=3Dnofollow>larry@bogan.ca</A>&gt=3B</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><=
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