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At 9:49 PM -0300 8/27/15, David McCorquodale wrote:
>Japanese Beetle is not common in NS. In Halifax it appears to be
>restricted to a park across the street from the train station and
>the Westin Hotel. I do not recall any recent records from Yarmouth
>County. Chris' papers on NS beetles will have a few more comments
>than the checklist. I am not aware of other records for NS.
>
>On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 7:49 PM, David & Alison Webster
><<mailto:dwebster@glinx.com>dwebster@glinx.com> wrote:
>
>Dear All, Aug 27, 2015
> Does anyone know offhand how common the Japanese Beetle
>(Popillia japonica) is in NS ? I found one yesterday in a flower
>garden (Kentville) the first I had seen since I started collecting
>beetles in 1960 [ and in most habitats except flower gadens].
> A checklist of NS beetles, prepared by Chris Majka and dated
>Nov, 2003 shows it to have been collected in only two counties,
>Yarmouth and Halifax, but this may simply reflect the tendency to
>not collect common things.
Hi David (and David)...
I reported a single P. japonica, found and photographed at Roaches
Pond in Spryfield (nowhere near the train station or Westin Hotel!)
to Andrew Hebda at the NS Museum last year (see
http://imaginaturestudio.blogspot.ca/2014/09/an-unpleasant-discovery.html
for the whole sordid story).
This year I found another single beetle at the same site on August
2nd with another one seen on the 5th. But on the 17th, I hit the
jackpot (not a lottery I want to win). I ventured up to a spot that I
rarely go...the small meadow behind the ball field above and away
from the pond...and found large numbers of them (>12 dozen or so,
including more than 10 mating pairs). It was disturbingly easy to
find places to get 4 to 6 beetles in single photos so it appears that
they're doing well here...which is not a good thing.
Phil
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Phil Schappert, PhD
27 Clovis Ave.
Halifax, NS, B3P 1J3
philschappert.ca
imaginaturestudio.ca
imaginaturestudio.blogspot.ca
philschappert.com
"Just let imagination lead, reality will follow through..."
(Michael Hedges)
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<div>At 9:49 PM -0300 8/27/15, David McCorquodale wrote:</div>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Japanese Beetle is not common in NS.
In Halifax it appears to be restricted to a park across the street
from the train station and the Westin Hotel. I do not recall any
recent records from Yarmouth County. Chris' papers on NS beetles
will have a few more comments than the checklist. I am not aware of
other records for NS.</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><br></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 7:49 PM, David &
Alison Webster <<a
href="mailto:dwebster@glinx.com">dwebster@glinx.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote>Dear
All, <span
></span
> <span
></span>
Aug 27, 2015</blockquote>
<blockquote> Does anyone know offhand how common the
Japanese Beetle (<i>Popillia japonica</i>) is in NS ? I found one
yesterday in a flower garden (Kentville) the first I had seen
since I started collecting beetles in 1960 [ and in most habitats
except flower gadens].</blockquote>
<blockquote> A checklist of NS beetles, prepared by
Chris Majka and dated Nov, 2003 shows it to have been collected in
only two counties, Yarmouth and Halifax, but this may simply reflect
the tendency to not collect common things.</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<div><br>
Hi David (and David)...</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>I reported a single P. japonica, found and photographed at
Roaches Pond in Spryfield (nowhere near the train station or Westin
Hotel!) to Andrew Hebda at the NS Museum last year (see
http://imaginaturestudio.blogspot.ca/2014/09/an-unpleasant-discovery.<span
></span>html for the whole sordid story).</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>This year I found another single beetle at the same site on
August 2nd with another one seen on the 5th. But on the 17th, I hit
the jackpot (not a lottery I want to win). I ventured up to a spot
that I rarely go...the small meadow behind the ball field above and
away from the pond...and found large numbers of them (>12 dozen or
so, including more than 10 mating pairs). It was disturbingly easy to
find places to get 4 to 6 beetles in single photos so it appears that
they're doing well here...which is not a good thing.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Phil</div>
<div><br></div>
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Phil Schappert, PhD</font></div>
<div><font face="Courier" color="#000000"><br>
27 Clovis Ave.</font></div>
<div><font face="Courier" color="#000000">Halifax, NS, B3P
1J3</font></div>
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<div><font face="Courier"
color="#000000">philschappert.ca</font></div>
<div><font face="Courier"
color="#000000">imaginaturestudio.ca</font></div>
<div><font face="Courier"
color="#000000">imaginaturestudio.blogspot.ca</font></div>
<div><font face="Courier"
color="#000000">philschappert.com</font></div>
<div><font face="Courier" color="#000000"><br>
"Just let imagination lead, reality will follow
through..."</font></div>
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color="#000000"
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