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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_1DBC_01D15232.D6A03100 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Donna & All, This is far from an ID but larvae of some craneflies are remarkably = cold hardy. The following is cut from an Insect file-- Quattro-Pro and = Outlook Express don't get along well apparently. Collected in North Alton, Dec 2001 from debris on polyethylene; kept outdoors; emerged after June 5, 2002; pupal cases in vial; also leg in envelope; distal veins have a few microtrichia. =20 They turned out to be Craneflies; Tipula ? sp. They were in = snow/ice/cold air all winter. Yt, DW ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Donna Crossland=20 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Monday, January 18, 2016 8:11 PM Subject: [NatureNS] strange large grub on snow to ID I need the help of those naturalists who revel in the entomological = world: =20 I received a photo from my sister (link below) wanting to know the = name of this large =E2=80=98grub=E2=80=99 found near the Bridgewater = area on Jan 13th. There were two of them crawling on top of the fresh = snow. They were almost the size a =E2=80=9Ca little finger=E2=80=9D, = referring to both length and diameter of a small finger. (A good snack = for a bird, except they are now apparently in a jar.) =20 My sister has a sense of humor, stating:=20 =20 =E2=80=9C... Unless you live up north, in the Arctic, where that = "husky dusky maiden lived, and where the ice worms nest ...??" Do you = suppose this is an ice worm? Lol. They were almost the size of her = little finger. Let me know if you can identify them. She rescued them = and put them in a jar.=E2=80=9D =20 Thanks for the help. (This is my first attempt at Flickr. Hope it = works!) Donna Crossland =20 =20 donnacrossland4103's Photos =20 No virus found in this message. 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The following is cut from an Insect file-- = Quattro-Pro=20 and Outlook Express don't get along well apparently.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <TABLE dir=3Dltr border=3D0 cellSpacing=3D0 width=3D985> <TBODY> <TR> <TD height=3D16><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2 = face=3DArial> <P align=3Dright>Collected in North Alton, Dec 2001 from debris on = polyethylene; <P align=3Dright> kept outdoors; emerged after June 5, 2002; = pupal=20 cases in vial; <P align=3Dright> also leg in envelope; distal veins have a = few=20 microtrichia.</FONT></FONT></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>They turned out to be Craneflies; Tipula ? sp. They were in = snow/ice/cold=20 air all winter.</DIV> <DIV>Yt, DW</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20 dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20