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I spent 5 days in the field while visiting in northern Cape Breton=2C retur=
ning yesterday. I saw three fritillaries in total=2C likely Great Spangled=
=2C but I could not catch up to them. No other butterflies!

In Kings County=2C virtually the same story but the lack of skippers is par=
ticularly noticeable & troubling.

Large numbers of moths coming to the lights=2C especially in Cape Breton=2C=
 so whatever is impacting the butterflies is not affecting the moth populat=
ion.

As for bumble bees=2C Bombus ternarius is always very common/numerous when =
goldenrod is at its height. Goldenrod does not attract other nectaring inse=
cts so its a mystery to me. This summer B. ternarius on the average appears=
 quite small indicating a lack of food for them in their larval stage.=20
Angus=20

From: srshaw@Dal.Ca
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Butterfly numbers
Date: Fri=2C 26 Aug 2016 02:55:23 +0000

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I was on the lower part of the drumlin in the Mt Uniacke House grounds for =
about an hour in mid-afternoon with a net=2C looking for flies (not many). =
 In hot sunny conditions I saw only one butterfly in that time=2C a common =
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The only insects that were common were a small bumble bee=2C in hundreds ev=
erywhere on goldenrod and asters=2C and a fair number of Virginia Ctenuca m=
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On Aug 25=2C 2016=2C at 3:02 PM=2C Ron Wilson <solidago123@gmail.com> wrote=
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I too noticed a noticeable lack of butterflies on my property this year=2C =
that is until a couple of days ago.=0A=

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While the flight time for many species has passed there has been an emergen=
ce of adult Common Ringlet Butterflies here with approx 12 flitting around =
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Today marked the appearance of this year's second Red Admiral seen here alo=
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Clouded Sulphurs and Cabbage Whites are numerous now as well.=0A=

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No sign of American or Painted Ladies this year whereas last year they were=
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Ron Wilson=0A=
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On Fri=2C Aug 19=2C 2016 at 2:48 PM=2C Larry Bogan =0A=
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Peter et al
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  Yes=2C I feel that there have been fewer butterflies this summer. Our fie=
ld used to hold lots of skippers and Wood Nymphs and there were sparse this=
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and found some few and far between.
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  The last rain has seemed to sparked butterflies. Since then I have seen t=
wo Viceroys=2C a White Admiral=2C and lots of Cabbage whites and sulphurs.
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  We hope to increase the Monarch population. The protection and raising fr=
om eggs and larvae is at the release stage. So far we have released 26 adul=
t Monarchs and have quite a few to go. We hope to be up near 80 this year. =
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 male in our field during July.  Some of the ones we released have stayed a=
round and twice in the last few days=2C we saw a pair coupled.  No eggs fou=
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> It seems to me that butterfly numbers have been way down over the last
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> However=2C with a couple of decent rains=2C we're starting to see a few
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> Anybody else feel that this has not been a great summer for butterflies?
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<body class=3D'hmmessage'><div dir=3D'ltr'>I spent 5 days in the field whil=
e visiting in northern Cape Breton=2C returning yesterday. I saw three frit=
illaries in total=2C likely Great Spangled=2C but I could not catch up to t=
hem. No other butterflies!<br><br>In Kings County=2C virtually the same sto=
ry but the lack of skippers is particularly noticeable &amp=3B troubling.<b=
r><br>Large numbers of moths coming to the lights=2C especially in Cape Bre=
ton=2C so whatever is impacting the butterflies is not affecting the moth p=
opulation.<br><br>As for bumble bees=2C Bombus ternarius is always very com=
mon/numerous when goldenrod is at its height. Goldenrod does not attract ot=
her nectaring insects so its a mystery to me. This summer B. ternarius on t=
he average appears quite small indicating a lack of food for them in their =
larval stage. <br>Angus <br><br><div><hr id=3D"stopSpelling">From: srshaw@D=
al.Ca<br>To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<br>Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Butterfly n=
umbers<br>Date: Fri=2C 26 Aug 2016 02:55:23 +0000<br><br>=0A=
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I was on the lower part of the drumlin in the Mt Uniacke House grounds for =
about an hour in mid-afternoon with a net=2C looking for flies (not many). =
&nbsp=3BIn hot sunny conditions I saw only one butterfly in that time=2C a =
common wood-nymph=3B also two dragonflies=2C the=0A=
 small red meadow hawks like those I used to catch in Cape Cod=2C Sympetrum=
 sp there. &nbsp=3B=0A=
<div>The only insects that were common were a small bumble bee=2C in hundre=
ds everywhere on goldenrod and asters=2C and a fair number of Virginia Cten=
uca moths. &nbsp=3BThe small creek there has dried up completely.&nbsp=3B=
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<div>Steve (Hfx) &nbsp=3B<br>=0A=
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<div>On Aug 25=2C 2016=2C at 3:02 PM=2C Ron Wilson &lt=3B<a href=3D"mailto:=
solidago123@gmail.com">sol