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which also come in to lights, are r --Apple-Mail-8D7EA303-DEF0-46E9-AA03-59C73D95ADAE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Derek and others At least one of the H. columbia was a male. That is the one I have pictures o= f that I cannot post until I am on my WIFI connection back in Lunenburg. Th= e other was higher up the post and only remained for a short time- less than= half an hour. Too high for me to determine whether male or female. Both see= n well before dawn. The male remained on the post all day yesterday despite t= he wind and left sometime after 10pm. None there this morning.=20 As for Larch there are no large stands immediately around the camp but the o= dd small isolated tree. (But, yes, this is most definitely a Columbia- will s= end Jim and Derek the photos though.) I am on a peninsula jutting out into L= Torment with mixed forest- quite dry around the camp but very damp below b/= t it and the lakeshore. As for larch in the general area I am not sure but p= erhaps Donna Crossland may know as she is familiar with this area.=20 Thank you for the info you all have provided.=20 Nancy=20 Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 25, 2014, at 9:40 PM, "D W Bridgehouse" <d.bridgehouse@ns.sympatico= .ca> wrote: >=20 > Hi Nancy & Jim > =20 > I have had an interest Hyalophora in NS for some time and they are more c= ommon than previously thought to be . They are known from Cumberland , Col= chester, Halifax , Queens, Kings , Lunenburg , Annapolis and Victoria Count= ies in NS . The range of Hyalophora columbia in NS is limited by dependency o= n larch as Jim indicated is the larval food plant and predominates in low l= ying boggy areas. Although many counties have larch present from which colum= bia has not been reported over the years =E2=80=93 I believe this is likely a= sampling artifact. > =20 > Like all Hyalophora species, columbia is univoltine and usually flies from= May to early June depending on spring time warmth. > I have seen female moths as late as mid July in some years. >=20 > Female columbia can usually be seen at lights after 10:30 pm, but males, w= hich also come in to lights, are rarely seen because they usually don't fly u= ntil just before dawn and will fly away or be eaten by birds as the sun rise= s. >=20 > Male columbia are seldom seen because they are seldom seen at lights. The= calling time of the females is at dawn. Females do come to lights, but not a= s frequently as females of some other Saturniidae species. > =20 > A couple of questions Nancy just out of curiosity =E2=80=93 what were the s= ex of your two columbia and what type of habitat is your camp at East Dalhou= sie around ie larch ? ? > =20 > Thanx for the update. Also any cecropia flying at your camp yet ? > =20 > Look fwd to your moth updates as they happen and hope you find this info h= elpful > =20 > Cheers =E2=80=93 DB > Derek W.Bridgehouse > Dartmouth, NS >=20 > Night hath a thousand eyes. > Lyly,c.1589, Maydes Metamorphose > =20 > From: Nancy P Dowd > Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 8:41 AM > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Big Poplar Sphinx Moth > =20 > Two Columbia on the veranda post this morning. The Peterson's Guide calls t= hem uncommon but perhaps they are not in our area. > =20 > Nice to view all these large moths lately. A tattered Luna was also on the= side of the camp at ground level this morning. > =20 > Nancy > East Dalhousie, Kings Co. =20 >=20 > Sent from my iPhone >=20 >> On Jun 23, 2014, at 7:32 PM, James Churchill <jameslchurchill@gmail.com> w= rote: >>=20 >> A female Cecropia in Kentville during the night walk of Marsh Madness, 21= June. >> =20 >> Cheers >>=20 >>> On Monday, June 23, 2014, Derek Bridgehouse <d.bridgehouse@ns.sympatico.= ca> wrote: >>> Also on the wing right now is waved sphinx, choerilus sphinx,northern ap= ple sphinx , rosy maple and luna. >>>=20 >>> I have not yet seen any cecropia and Columbia and Polyphemus . . . . >>>=20 >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> Derek Bridgehouse >>> Dartmouth,N.S. >>> B2Y 1M1 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> > On Jun 23, 2014, at 7:00 AM, Nancy P Dowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com> wrote= : >>> > >>> > The large (50mm long), heavy-bodied Pachysphinx modesta is coming to t= he outside lights now. >>> > >>> > Keep an eye out for this hard-to-miss moth. >>> > >>> > Nancy >>> > East Dalhousie, Kings Co >>> > >>> > Sent from my iPhone >>=20 >>=20 >> --=20 >> James Churchill >> Kentville, Nova Scotia >> jameslchurchill@gmail.com >> (902) 681-2374 --Apple-Mail-8D7EA303-DEF0-46E9-AA03-59C73D95ADAE Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D= utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div>Hi Derek and others</div><div><br></di= v><div>At least one of the H. columbia was a male. That is the one I have pi= ctures of that I cannot post until I am on my WIFI connection back in Lunenb= urg. The other was higher up the post and only remained for a short ti= me- less than half an hour. Too high for me to determine whether male or fem= ale. Both seen well before dawn. The male remained on the post all day yeste= rday despite the wind and left sometime after 10pm. None there this morning.= </div><div><br></div><div>As for Larch there are no large stands immed= iately around the camp but the odd small isolated tree. (But, yes, this is m= ost definitely a Columbia- will send Jim and Derek the photos though.)  = ;I am on a peninsula jutting out into L Torment with mixed forest- quite dry= around the camp but very damp below b/t it and the lakeshore. As for larch i= n the general area I am not sure but perhaps Donna Crossland may know as she= is familiar with this area. </div><div><br></div><div>Thank you f= or the info you