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Dear All, May 10, 2015
The yard is alive with insects today, Sap Beetles, Bark Beetles, =
Sawflies with intricately ornamented pronota (yellow on black), lots of =
small bees, and so on.=20
I started collecting beetles in 1960 and, with interruptions while =
in college and working, reached 1381 cat numbers; almost all in =
Kentville or nearby. So this year I was interested to find a Long Horned =
beetle new to me ( Cyrtophorus verrucosus; Mar 28 near pine firewood =
indoors), a second of the same yesterday in a hardwood pile remote from =
the winter source and a third of the same today in the same hardwood =
pile.=20
Whether three in 43 days, on the heels of zero in 54 years, is pure =
chance at work or a reflection of current high abundance is hard to say =
but I suspect high abundance.=20
Large insects which are difficult to not notice, such as Mourning =
Cloak or Gypsy Moth have erruptions, so why should this not happen =
sometimes with smaller insects ? Between 1960 and 1962 I saw Neomidia =
bicornis many times but seldom in later years (The museum had none when =
Chris Majka was working at beetles).
Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
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