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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_1F28_01D15394.8C0E2EE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Donna & All, Right. With threats like Noctua pronuba invasions, at the gate, it = does make one wonder why anyone would worry about little things like = climate change. And it probably did not enter the country legally, by = going through Customs and Immigration. Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "Donna Crossland" <dcrossland@eastlink.ca> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 1:54 PM Subject: RE: [NatureNS] strange large grub on snow to ID > Now that I've read that the Yellow Underwing moth is yet another new = invasive species introduction, I will retract my advice to put the = collected larvae back outside. =20 >=20 > It just resends the message that if something looks very strange/out = of the ordinary, and never observed before, one should automatically = question whether it is a relatively new arrival, and whether some new = ecological concerns may be associated with the new species. > Interesting. >=20 > Donna Crossland >=20 > -----Original Message----- > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca = [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Fred Schueler > Sent: January-18-16 10:02 PM > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] strange large grub on snow to ID >=20 > On 1/18/2016 5:34 PM, bev wigney wrote: >=20 >> Looks like a Yellow Underwing moth larva to me. More about them on=20 >> this web page.=20 >> http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2013/01/20/winter-cutworm-found-in-snow/ >=20 > * incredible how these guys think they can find a better hibernation = site so late in the fall/winter! >=20 > Here's ones on the streets in the village here: >=20 > Noctua pronuba 1 Dec 2015 > Noctua pronuba 2 Dec 2015 > cf Noctua pronuba 4 Dec 2015 > cf Noctua pronuba 6 Dec 2015 > cf Noctua pronuba 8 Dec 2015 > cf Noctua pronuba 9 Dec 2015 > cf Noctua pronuba 14 Dec 2015 > Noctua pronuba 17 Dec 2015 > cf Noctua pronuba 21 Dec 2015 >=20 > (cf's are mostly roadkills) - Bev led me to the name of these this = year, and even though the previous identifications are retrospective = they seem to be increasing in accordance with their invasive nature. >=20 > fred. > = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D >=20 >=20 >> On 2016-01-18, at 7:11 PM, Donna Crossland <dcrossland@eastlink.ca=20 >> <mailto:dcrossland@eastlink.ca>> wrote: >> >>> I need the help of those naturalists who revel in the entomological = world: >>> >>> I received a photo from my sister (link below) wanting to know the=20 >>> name of this large =E2=80=98grub=E2=80=99 found near the Bridgewater = area on Jan=20 >>> 13th. There were two of them crawling on top of the fresh snow. =20 >>> They were almost the size a =E2=80=9Ca little finger=E2=80=9D, = referring to both=20 >>> length and diameter of a small finger. (A good snack for a bird,=20 >>> except they are now apparently in a jar.) >>> >>> >=20 > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad Daily Paintings - = http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/ > Vulnerable Watersheds - http://vulnerablewaters.blogspot.ca/ > Mudpuppy Night in Oxford Mills - http://pinicola.ca/mudpup1.htm > RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, Canada K0G 1T0 > on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W > (613)258-3107 <bckcdb at istar.ca> http://pinicola.ca/ > ------------------------------------------------------------ >=20 >=20 > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2016.0.7294 / Virus Database: 4522/11442 - Release Date: = 01/20/16 > ------=_NextPart_000_1F28_01D15394.8C0E2EE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =EF=BB=BF<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8" http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.23588"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>Hi Donna & All,</DIV> <DIV> Right. With threats like <EM>Noctua pronuba</EM> = invasions, at the gate, it does make one wonder why anyone would = worry=20 about little things like climate change. And it probably did not enter = the=20 country legally, by going through Customs and Immigration.</DIV> <DIV>Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message -----=20 <DIV>From: "Donna Crossland" <<A=20 href=3D"mailto:dcrossland@eastlink.ca">dcrossland@eastlink.ca</A>></DI= V> <DIV>To: <<A=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A>></= DIV> <DIV>Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 1:54 PM</DIV> <DIV>Subject: RE: [NatureNS] strange large grub on snow to = ID</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>> Now that I've read that the Yellow Underwing moth is = yet=20 another new invasive species introduction, I will retract my advice to = put the=20 collected larvae back outside. <BR>> <BR>> It just resends = the=20 message that if something looks very strange/out of the ordinary, and = never=20 observed before, one should automatically question whether it is a = relatively=20 new arrival, and whether some new ecological concerns may be associated = with the=20 new species.<BR>> Interesting.<BR>> <BR>> Donna = Crossland<BR>>=20 <BR>> -----Original Message-----<BR>> From: <A=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.= ca</A>=20 [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Fred = Schueler<BR>> Sent:=20 January-18-16 10:02 PM<BR>> To: <A