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href=3D"mailto:nature --971470827-1433654167-1378296716=:62795 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable There have been very few Monarchs reported this year in the=0AMaritimes. On= eButterfly there are just five records from the Maritimes for this=0Ayear = (two from NS, two from NB, one from PE). I haven't had any reports=0Asubmit= ted directly to me, but I do know there were caterpillars found in Apple=0A= River in August. Many Maritimes Butterfly Atlas participants won't submit t= heir=0Arecords until the late fall, so I won't have the full set of this ye= ar's=0Arecords until winter.=0A=0A=A0=0AFor the Maritimes this low number o= f reports is not all that=0Aunusual. =A0In Thomas' 1996 "A Preliminary Atla= s of the Butterflies of=0ANew Brunswick", the species is described as "A ra= re migrant, not seen=0Aevery year". In Ferguson's 1953 "Lepidoptera of Nova= Scotia" it=0Ais noted that "Normally only =A0a scattering of individuals a= ppear,=0Aeven in late summer...". =A0That said, the eastern North American = population=0Aof Monarch does appear to be at a very low level. The area occ= upied by the=0Aoverwintering colonies in Mexico were at the lowest level ev= er measured since=0Amonitoring started in 1975. See http://monarchwatch.org= /blog/2013/03/monarch-population-status-18/ for=0Aa discussion. =0A=A0=0ACh= eers,=0AJohn=0A=A0=0A=A0=0A=A0=0AJohn Klymko=0Ajklymko@mta.ca=0ADirector- M= aritimes Butterfly Atlas=0AAtlantic Canada Conservation Data Centre=0APO Bo= x 6416, Sackville, NB E4L 1G6=0A(506)364-2660(tel); (506)364-2656(fax)=0Aht= tp://accdc.com/butterflyatlas.html=0A=0A=0A________________________________= =0A From: Sharon Hawboldt <sharon.hawboldt@eastlink.ca>=0ATo: naturens@cheb= ucto.ns.ca =0ASent: Tuesday, September 3, 2013 10:11:43 AM=0ASubject: Re: [= NatureNS] Fwd: re Any Monarch Sightings?=0A =0A=0A=0A =0AI spotted that mon= arch on August 12. Since that I =0Ahad a few visit the flowers in my garden= which I could view =0Aclosely.=0ASharon Hawboldt=0ABelleisle=0A----- Origi= nal Message ----- =0A>From: James W. Wolford =0A>To: NatureNS =0A>Sent: Tu= esday, September 03, 2013 1:51 AM=0A>Subject: [NatureNS] Fwd: re Any Monar= ch Sightings?=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A>Subject: re Any Monarch Sightings?=0A>>= =0A>>I recall seeing a single report, from Sharon Hawboldt?, about finding= lots of common milkweed and seeing a single monarch in the Belleisle Mars= h, but I wondered at the time whether it could have been a viceroy, since = monarch sightings this year have been understandably very few. =A0I =A0can= not find that report, but perhaps Sharon can find it -- or maybe my memory= here is faulty and it was someone else? =A0Perhaps John Klymko can provid= e some info' on that or other reports? =A0Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. = =A0=0A>>=0A>>=0A>>=0A>>Begin forwarded message:=0A>>=0A>>From: Larry Bogan = <larry@bogan.ca>=0A>>>Date: September 2, 2013 10:11:15 PM ADT=0A>>>To: natu= rens@chebucto.ns.ca=0A>>>Subject: [NatureNS] Any Monarch =0ASightings?=0A>>= >Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=0A>>>=0A>>>=0A>>>In early August I repor= ted seeing two Monarchs on my property in the Valley. After that I saw two= more in our area but not on my property. The ones I saw did not stay arou= nd to breed or lay eggs. One stayed in my field of milkweed for over a wee= k but I never found any eggs or larvae.=0A>>>=0A>>>=0A>>>There was only on= e other report that I know of on this listserv... in Scots Bay on July 14.= =A0=0A>>>Has anyone else observed any adult Monarchs..... more importantly= , has anyone seen eggs or larvae?=0A>>>=0A>>>=0A>>>////// =3D=3D=3D ///////= =0A>>>Larry Bogan=A0=0A>>>Brooklyn Corner, Nova Scotia=0A>>><larry@bogan.ca= >=0A>>=0A> =0A>No virus found in this message.=0A>Checked by AVG - www.avg= .com=0A>Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus =0A Database: 3222/6633 - Release Dat= e: 09/03/13 --971470827-1433654167-1378296716=:62795 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ti= mes new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div class=3D"MsoNorm= al"><span style=3D"color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-seri= f; font-size: 11pt;">There have been very few Monarchs reported this year i= n the=0AMaritimes. On eButterfly there are just five records from the Marit= imes for this=0Ayear (two from NS, two from NB, one from PE). I haven't had= any reports=0Asubmitted directly to me, but I do know there were caterpill= ars found in Apple=0ARiver in August. Many Maritimes Butterfly Atlas partic= ipants won't submit their=0Arecords until the late fall, so I won't have th= e full set of this year's=0Arecords until winter.</span><br></div><div clas= s=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri&q= uot;,"sans-serif";=0Acolor:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></div= ><div class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"= ;Calibri","sans-serif";=0Acolor:#1F497D">For the Maritimes t= his low number of reports is not all that=0Aunusual. In Thomas' 1996 = "A Preliminary Atlas of the Butterflies of=0ANew Brunswick", the species is= described as "A rare migrant, not seen=0Aevery year". In Ferguson's 1953 "= Lepidoptera of Nova Scotia" it=0Ais noted that "Normally only a scatt= ering of individuals appear,=0Aeven in late summer...". That said, th= e eastern North American population=0Aof Monarch does appear to be at a ver= y low level. The area occupied by the=0Aoverwintering colonies in Mexico we= re at the lowest level ever measured since=0Amonitoring started in 1975. Se= e </span><a href=3D"http://monarchwatch.org/blog/2013/03/monarch-population= -status-18/">http://monarchwatch.org/blog/2013/03/monarch-population-status= -18/</a>=0A<span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",= "sans-serif";color:#1F497D">for=0Aa discussion. <o:p></o:p></span= ></div><div class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family= :"Calibri","sans-serif";=0Acolor:#1F497D"><o:p> </= o:p></span&