next message in archive
next message in thread
previous message in archive
previous message in thread
Index of Subjects
Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0028_01CEC27A.334854A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Jeannie, Wondering if your critter could be a Clouded Sulfur (butterfly). = Butterfly sizes vary considerably and they can be quite pale (yellow) = with a dark edge on the wings. Still lots flying around on these sunny = days. Bob McDonald Halifax ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Jeannie Shermerhorn,Cape George,Richmond County=20 To: nature=20 Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2013 12:27 PM Subject: [NatureNS] Large moth/butterfly I was just sitting outside on my deck and a large moth/butterfly was = fluttering around the tops of the trees in my yard. I first thought it = was a bird, but then realized it wasn't. It stayed around the tops of = the trees and then flew over out of site. All this time I was trying to = get a photo but just couldn't. A couple of seconds later it came back, = flew across the yard and over the trees on the opposite side. I stayed = out for about 20 mins. but it didn't return. It was pale in color but = seemed to have a darker coloring around the edges of the wings. It was = huge, about the size of a luna moth. Anyone have any ideas of what it = might have been?=20 Thank you,=20 Jeannie Shermerhorn=20 ------=_NextPart_000_0028_01CEC27A.334854A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =EF=BB=BF<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3DUTF-8" http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.23520"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Jeannie,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Wondering if your critter could be a = Clouded Sulfur=20 (butterfly). Butterfly sizes vary considerably and they can be = quite pale=20 (yellow) with a dark edge on the wings. Still lots flying around = on these=20 sunny days.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Bob McDonald</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Halifax</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20 dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Djeannies@ns.sympatico.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:jeannies@ns.sympatico.ca">Jeannie Shermerhorn,Cape=20 George,Richmond County</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">nature</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, October 05, = 2013 12:27=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Large=20 moth/butterfly</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> I was just sitting outside on my deck and a large = moth/butterfly=20 was fluttering around the tops of the trees in my yard. I first = thought it was=20 a bird, but then realized it wasn't. It stayed around the tops of the = trees=20 and then flew over out of site. All this time I was trying to get a = photo but=20 just couldn't. A couple of seconds later it came back, flew across the = yard=20 and over the trees on the opposite side. I stayed out for about 20 = mins. but=20 it didn't return. It was pale in color but seemed to have a darker = coloring=20 around the edges of the wings. It was huge, about the size of a luna = moth.=20 Anyone have any ideas of what it might have been? </DIV> <DIV>Thank you, </DIV> <DIV id=3Dox-signature>Jeannie Shermerhorn=20 <BR><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0028_01CEC27A.334854A0--
next message in archive
next message in thread
previous message in archive
previous message in thread
Index of Subjects