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--001a11476d7e872e6b053d965eed Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 All, On Monday, I had the pleasure, for the first time in about five years, to join my colleague, Russell Wyeth, on his entomology field trip with the students of his invertebrate zoology class. The focus, because of the weather, was largely on the aquatic insects. We went to two sites, a brook and a pond, sites which I have sampled extensively with my own students. While helping a trio of students at the pond, one of them pointed to a submerged log and said, "What is THAT?" I looked, I shuddered, I asked for (ok, demanded) a net, and caught the waterscorpion *Nepa apiculata*. We do have a much more common waterscorpion here, *Ranatra fusca*, the Brown Waterscorpion <http://bugguide.net/node/view/14962> but it's no issue at all to tell the two apart. See http://people.stfx.ca/rlauff/personel/recent.html for a picture of the one I caught. *Nepa* is rather uncommon here, I know of specimens at DNR and the NSMNH, perhaps five total. And given that I've been doing a lot of aquatic insect sampling recently, including at Monday's pond, this was a very nice find. My thanks to Hannah Stevens, the student who spotted the insect. Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. --001a11476d7e872e6b053d965eed Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">All,<div><br></div><div>On Monday, I had the pleasure, for= the first time in about five years, to join my colleague, Russell Wyeth, o= n his entomology field trip with the students of his invertebrate zoology c= lass. The focus, because of the weather, was largely on the aquatic insects= . We went to two sites, a brook and a pond, sites which I have sampled exte= nsively with my own students.</div><div><br></div><div>While helping a trio= of students at the pond, one of them pointed to a submerged log and said, = "What is THAT?" I looked, I shuddered, I asked for (ok, demanded)= a net, and caught the waterscorpion <i>Nepa apiculata</i>. We do have a mu= ch more common waterscorpion here,<font color=3D"#000000">=C2=A0<a href=3D"= http://bugguide.net/node/view/14962" title=3D"Species" style=3D"font-family= :verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.16px"><i>Ranatra=C2=A0fusc= a</i>, the Brown=C2=A0Waterscorpion</a>=C2=A0</font>but it's no issue a= t all to tell the two apart. See <a href=3D"http://people.stfx.ca/rlauff/pe= rsonel/recent.html">http://people.stfx.ca/rlauff/personel/recent.html</a>= =C2=A0for a picture of the one I caught.</div><div><br></div><div><i>Nepa</= i>=C2=A0is rather uncommon here, I know of specimens at DNR and the NSMNH, = perhaps five total. And given that I've been doing a lot of aquatic ins= ect sampling recently, including at Monday's pond, this was a very nice= find. My thanks to=C2=A0<span style=3D"color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:hel= vetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Hannah Stevens, the student who spo= tted the insect.</span></div><div><span style=3D"color:rgb(29,33,41);font-f= amily:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br></span></div><div><spa= n style=3D"color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-= size:14px">Randy</span></div><div><br clear=3D"all"><div><div class=3D"gmai= l_signature">_________________________________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the bo= onies of<br>Antigonish County, NS.</div></div> </div></div> --001a11476d7e872e6b053d965eed--
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