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The person that could answer Harold's questions would be Chris Majka who ma=
y not even be on this listserver any longer. Other people with knowledge of=
these would be David McCorquodale (probably too busy) & David Webster.
=20
As an aside=2C just because hordes of mosquitoes found you does not mean it=
's because of the decline of the Little Brown Bat. Probably just an effect =
of the many days of rain which is a boon=2C of course=2C to mosquitoes.
Angus =20
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
From: jimwolford@eastlink.ca
Subject: [NatureNS] evening spectacle of ?scarab beetles=2C Greenwich
Date: Fri=2C 5 Jul 2013 01:23:47 -0300
Subject: [ValleyNature] evening spectacle of ?scarab beetles=2C Greenwich
JULY 4=2C 2013 - This evening at 9:15 p.m. Harold Forsyth in Greenwich phon=
ed me to say he had an insect spectacular going on in his back yard. I arr=
ived there at about 9:30=2C and found Harold in his back yard. At first I =
couldn't see the beetles=2C which Harold said were everywhere in the air an=
d in/on the foliage of maple trees and other shrubs. Harold had caught a f=
ew and put them in a big jar=2C and to me they looked like small relatives =
of June beetles=2C i.e.=2C scarab beetles=2C about a third of the length of=
a June beetle and coloured mostly light brown or tan. Harold showed me ho=
w they were obviously attracted to each other and forming living clumps of =
8-10 beetles that were actively mating. I held the small flashlight on a c=
lump for Harold's camera=2C and=2C as it turned out=2C he got several quite=
good photos. He sent four of them to me: one showing lots of the beetles =
on the maple foliage and in flight there=2C too=3B one showing a mating clu=
mp of beetles=3B and two showing a dorsal view of a single beetle.
Whoever is interested=2C please ask me off-list for the photos. Thanks to =
Harold for being so sharp-eyed=2C for perseverance with his camera=2C and f=
or calling me about this.=20
By the way=2C Harold and I were being devoured by those mosquitoes that And=
rew Hebda predicted would be more abundant than usual=2C thanks to the disa=
ppearance of the little brown bats.
Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.
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<body class=3D'hmmessage'><div dir=3D'ltr'>The person that could answer Har=
old's =3Bquestions =3Bwould be Chris Majka who may not even be on t=
his listserver any longer. Other people with knowledge of these would be Da=
vid McCorquodale (probably too busy) &=3B David Webster.<BR>
 =3B<BR>
As an aside=2C just because hordes of mosquitoes found you does not mean it=
's because of the =3Bdecline of the Little Brown Bat. Probably just an =
effect of the many days of rain which is =3Ba boon=2C of course=2C to m=
osquitoes.<BR>
Angus =3B =3B<BR>
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To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR>From: jimwolford@eastlink.ca<BR>Subject: [Na=
tureNS] evening spectacle of ?scarab beetles=2C Greenwich<BR>Date: Fri=2C 5=
Jul 2013 01:23:47 -0300<BR><BR>
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<DIV><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica=3B COLOR: #000000" color=3D#000000=
size=3D3 face=3DHelvetica><B>Subject: </B></FONT><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px=
Helvetica" size=3D3 face=3DHelvetica><B>[ValleyNature] evening spectacle o=
f ?scarab beetles=2C Greenwich</B></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" size=3D3 face=3DHelvetica><B>JULY=
4=2C 2013</B> - This evening at 9:15 p.m. Harold Forsyth in Greenwich phon=
ed me to say he had <B>an insect spectacular </B>going on in his back yard.=
 =3B I arrived there at about 9:30=2C and found Harold in his back yard=
. =3B At first I couldn't see the beetles=2C which Harold said were eve=
rywhere in the air and in/on the foliage of maple trees and other shrubs.&n=
bsp=3B Harold had caught a few and put them in a big jar=2C and to me they =
looked like <B>small relatives of June beetles=2C i.e.=2C scarab beetles</B=
>=2C about a third of the length of a June beetle and coloured mostly light=
brown or tan. =3B Harold showed me how they were obviously attracted t=
o each other and forming living clumps of 8-10 beetles that were actively m=
ating. =3B I held the small flashlight on a clump for Harold's camera=
=2C and=2C as it turned out=2C he got several quite good photos. =3B He=
sent four of them to me: one showing lots of the beetles on the maple foli=
age and in flight there=2C too=3B one showing a mating clump of beetles=3B =
and two showing a dorsal view of a single beetle.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style=3D"MIN-HEIGHT: 14px=3B FONT: 12px Helvetica"><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" size=3D3 face=3DHelvetica>Whoever=
is interested=2C please ask me off-list for the photos. =3B Thanks to =
Harold for being so sharp-eyed=2C for perseverance with his camera=2C and f=
or calling me about this. =3B</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" size=3D3 face=3DHelvetica><BR></F=
ONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" size=3D3 face=3DHelvetica>By the =
way=2C Harold and I were being devoured by those<B> mosquitoes</B> that And=
rew Hebda predicted would be more abundant than usual=2C thanks to the disa=
ppearance of the little brown bats.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" size=3D3 face=3DHelvetica><BR></F=
ONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" size=3D3 face=3DHelvetica>Cheers =
from Jim in Wolfville.</FONT></DIV>
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