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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail=_52872220-7E14-4687-8210-8EC8475AAF0F Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii David, and all, Thanks for your reply. Interesting that they don't seem to occur here. = Actually, that's a very good thing for pollinator insects as Phymata are = extremely effective predators. Over the years, I've photographed many = in eastern Ontario. Easy to find as you just look for a motionless = bumblebee, honey bee, fly, wasp, or other insect dangling from the = flower of a goldenrod or yarrow, and there will be a Phymata feeding on = it -- although occasionally you'll find a Misumena vatia spider instead. = =20 Bev=20 On 2015-09-02, at 11:36 AM, David McCorquodale <dbmcc09@gmail.com> = wrote: > Bev: >=20 > I am familiar with them from southern Ontario and in Alberta. In 25 = years in Cape Breton I have never seen one. =20 >=20 > There are photos in BugGuide from Westmorland County in NB (by Stuart = Tingley), so perhaps they do occur in the Amherst area. >=20 > DBMcC >=20 >=20 > David McCorquodale > Georges River, NS >=20 > On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 10:29 AM, Bev Wigney <bkwigney@gmail.com> = wrote: > All, >=20 > I may have asked this question several years ago, but I'll ask again. = Has anyone ever seen Ambush Bugs (Phymatinae) such as Phymata = pennsylvanica here in Nova Scotia? I have yet to find one here although = I have watched for them. They were very common back at my farm in = Ontario -- usually found on goldenrod and yarrow. I'm a little = surprised not to see them here, but perhaps I will find them yet. I = checked the Bugguide.com data on Phymatinae and it shows them as being = unreported in Nova Scotia. Of course, this just means that no one in NS = has submitted a photo of one to Bugguide, but maybe they just aren't = around. Any thoughts on this? Here's the map from Bugguide. > http://bugguide.net/node/view/266425/data >=20 > Bev Wigney > Round Hill, NS >=20 --Apple-Mail=_52872220-7E14-4687-8210-8EC8475AAF0F Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dus-ascii"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; = ">David, and all,<div><br></div><div>Thanks for your reply. = Interesting that they don't seem to occur here. Actually, = that's a very good thing for pollinator insects as Phymata are extremely = effective predators. Over the years, I've photographed many in = eastern Ontario. Easy to find as you just look for a motionless = bumblebee, honey bee, fly, wasp, or other insect dangling from the = flower of a goldenrod or yarrow, and there will be a Phymata feeding on = it -- although occasionally you'll find a Misumena vatia spider instead. = </div><div><br></div><div>Bev </div><div><br></div><div><br><di= v><div>On 2015-09-02, at 11:36 AM, David McCorquodale <<a = href=3D"mailto:dbmcc09@gmail.com">dbmcc09@gmail.com</a>> = wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">Bev:<div><br></div><div>I am familiar = with them from southern Ontario and in Alberta. In 25 years in = Cape Breton I have never seen one. </div><div><br></div><div>There = are photos in BugGuide from Westmorland County in NB (by Stuart = Tingley), so perhaps they do occur in the Amherst = area.</div><div><br></div><div>DBMcC</div><div><br></div></div><div = class=3D"gmail_extra"><br clear=3D"all"><div><div = class=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr">David = McCorquodale<div>Georges River, NS</div></div></div></div> <br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 10:29 AM, Bev = Wigney <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:bkwigney@gmail.com" = target=3D"_blank">bkwigney@gmail.com</a>></span> = wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 = .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">All,<br> <br> I may have asked this question several years ago, but I'll ask = again. Has anyone ever seen Ambush Bugs (Phymatinae) such as = Phymata pennsylvanica here in Nova Scotia? I have yet to find one = here although I have watched for them. They were very common back = at my farm in Ontario -- usually found on goldenrod and yarrow. = I'm a little surprised not to see them here, but perhaps I will find = them yet. I checked the <a = href=3D"http://Bugguide.com">Bugguide.com</a> data on Phymatinae and it = shows them as being unreported in Nova Scotia. Of course, this = just means that no one in NS has submitted a photo of one to Bugguide, = but maybe they just aren't around. Any thoughts on this? = Here's the map from Bugguide.<br> <a href=3D"http://bugguide.net/node/view/266425/data" rel=3D"noreferrer" = target=3D"_blank">http://bugguide.net/node/view/266425/data</a><br> <span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br> Bev Wigney<br> Round Hill, NS<br> </font></span></blockquote></div><br></div> </blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_52872220-7E14-4687-8210-8EC8475AAF0F--
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