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Index of Subjects --00235429d6c426145f04df941ed5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable We have two species in the StFX collection, several of a large, common species (I think it's one species, though I haven't really looked that closely) and a single specimen of a smaller species. I've recently downloaded a key from the web, though I haven't tried it out on my bugs yet. Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. On 20 June 2013 06:55, John and Nhung <nhungjohn@eastlink.ca> wrote: > Cicadas are commonly heard in the dog days of summer, in the back woods > of Yarmouth County, at least in the Lake Annis area. Don=92t think I hav= e > ever heard them near the coast, though. Species? Good question! One mo= re > item to study!**** > > ** ** > > *From:* naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto: > naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] *On Behalf Of *Hebda, Andrew J > *Sent:* June-19-13 9:07 PM > *To:* naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > *Subject:* RE: [NatureNS] Dawn Chorus and Cicadas**** > > ** ** > > Current Museum holdings for Nova Scotia are Tibicen pruinosa and Okanagan= a > rimosa.**** > > **** > > Limited geographical distributional data (mostly Valley and Cenral NS) > with a few outliers, but most are from late July to mid August.**** > > **** > > Any new data/ specimens shared (or otherwise) always appreciated.**** > > **** > > Andrew**** > > **** > > **** > > **** > ------------------------------ > > *From:* naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] on > behalf of David McCorquodale [dbmcc09@gmail.com] > *Sent:* June-19-13 8:37 PM > *To:* naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > *Subject:* Re: [NatureNS] Dawn Chorus and Cicadas**** > > John, David, et al.**** > > I am not going to wade in on what may be happening to bird and cicada > populations where the periodical cicadas (*Magicicada* spp.) are emerging > in the northeastern US, but wish to focus on cicadas in NS.**** > > I am very interested in hearing about people=92s sightings and hearings o= f > our local cicadas. Andrew Hebda and I exchanged a few emails about the > cicadas in NS. We both agree we know very little about the species that > live here (I think it is three species, but it may be 1 and it may be 5). > We know less about abundances across the province. **** > > From my point of view all the media hype on cicadas is irrelevant for NS > because we do not have the periodical cicadas.**** > > Therefore I am interested in learning more about the cicadas we do have. > I would be interested in hearing about sightings and hearings (note this > does not refer to court proceedings) of cicadas in NS this summer. Good > quality pictures should allow identification to species. Has anyone seen= a > cicada adult in NS this year?**** > > A few weeks ago I wrote this piece for the Entomological Society of > Canada: > http://escsecblog.com/2013/05/20/cicada-invasion-in-eastern-canada/**** > > DBMcC**** > > PS For those of you who cannot hear Blackpoll Warblers, you will not be > hearing cicadas this summer.**** > > ** ** > > On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 4:27 PM, John Kearney < > john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:**** > > Reference to an interesting article relating the disappearance of birds t= o > Cicada blooms**** > > > http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2013/06/18/the-cicada-paradox#.UcI= E2djNkpZ > **** > > **** > > ** ** > --00235429d6c426145f04df941ed5 Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">We have two species in the StFX collection, several of a l= arge, common species (I think it's one species, though I haven't re= ally looked that closely) and a single specimen of a smaller species.<div> <br></div><div style>I've recently downloaded a key from the web, thoug= h I haven't tried it out on my bugs yet.</div><div style><br></div><div= style>Randy</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br clear=3D"all"><div> _________________________________<br> RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS.</div> <br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 20 June 2013 06:55, John and Nhung <s= pan dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:nhungjohn@eastlink.ca" target=3D"_bla= nk">nhungjohn@eastlink.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gma= il_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-lef= t:1ex"> <div lang=3D"EN-CA" link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"purple"><div><p class=3D"MsoNorm= al"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","s= ans-serif";color:#1f497d">Cicadas are commonly heard in the dog days = =A0of summer, in the back woods of Yarmouth County, at least in the Lake An= nis area.=A0 Don=92t think I have ever heard them near the coast, though. = =A0Species?=A0 Good question!=A0 One more item to study!<u></u><u></u></spa= n></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Ca= libri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u>=A0<u></u></span><= /p><div><div style=3D"border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.= 0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;fo= nt-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span = lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",&qu= ot;sans-serif""> <a href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca" targ= et=3D"_blank">naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca</a> [mailto:<a href=3D"mailto:n= aturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank">naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.= ca</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Hebda, Andrew J<br> <b>Sent:</b> June-19-13 9:07 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href=3D"mailto:naturens@ch= ebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br><b>Subject:<= /b> RE: [NatureNS] Dawn Chorus and Cicadas<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></= div> <div><div class=3D"h5"><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=A0<u></u></p><div><p>= <span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-s= erif"">Current Museum holdings for Nova Scotia are Tibicen pruinosa an= d