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--Boundary_(ID_U2rfNcb4whw2/JszXLLNoQ) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Hi, James -- we all learned something and a bit more about the biodiversity around us, thanks to your report and photos -- I too was going to ask you for the latter -- actually these woolly aphids are not "just aphids", being relatives of real aphids but in a completely separate family with quite a few species -- thus they share some things with aphids but are sufficiently different to be classified differently -- thanks to Chris Majka for enlightening all of us about them and about their interesting symbiosis with ants -- of course many real aphids have symbioses with ants too. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. Begin forwarded message: > From: James Hirtle <jrhbirder@hotmail.com> > Date: October 3, 2011 11:04:44 PM ADT > To: Naturens Naturens <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Subject: [NatureNS] Filament type attachment on tree > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Hi all: > > Thank you to those who helped identify my white filament type > attachment to a tree. It was just aphids. All the best. > > James R. Hirtle > Bayport. --Boundary_(ID_U2rfNcb4whw2/JszXLLNoQ) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Hi, James -- we all learned something and a bit more about the = biodiversity around us, thanks to your report and photos -- I too was = going to ask you for the latter -- actually these woolly aphids are not = "just aphids", being relatives of real aphids but in a completely = separate family with quite a few species -- thus they share some things = with aphids but are sufficiently different to be classified differently = -- thanks to Chris Majka for enlightening all of us about them and about = their interesting symbiosis with ants -- of course many real aphids have = symbioses with ants too. Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville.<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">James Hirtle <<a = href=3D"mailto:jrhbirder@hotmail.com">jrhbirder@hotmail.com</a>></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">October 3, 2011 11:04:44 PM = ADT</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Naturens Naturens <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>></f= ont></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[NatureNS] Filament type attachment = on tree</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: = none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: = 13px; "><div dir=3D"ltr">Hi all:<br> <br>Thank you to those who = helped identify my white filament type attachment to a tree. It = was just aphids. All the best.<br> <br>James R. = Hirtle<br>Bayport.<br></div></span></span></blockquote></div><br></body></= html>= --Boundary_(ID_U2rfNcb4whw2/JszXLLNoQ)--
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