[NatureNS] Insects

From: David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com>
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Date: Sun, 10 May 2015 21:07:23 -0300
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Dear All,                                    May 10, 2015
    The yard is alive with insects today, Sap Beetles, Bark Beetles, =
Sawflies with intricately ornamented pronota (yellow on black), lots of =
small bees, and so on.=20
    I started collecting beetles in 1960 and, with interruptions while =
in college and working, reached 1381 cat numbers; almost all in =
Kentville or nearby. So this year I was interested to find a Long Horned =
beetle new to me ( Cyrtophorus verrucosus; Mar 28 near pine firewood =
indoors), a second of the same yesterday in a hardwood pile remote from =
the winter source and a third of the same today in the same hardwood =
pile.=20
    Whether three in 43 days, on the heels of zero in 54 years, is pure =
chance at work or a reflection of current high abundance is hard to say =
but I suspect high abundance.=20
    Large insects which are difficult to not notice, such as Mourning =
Cloak or Gypsy Moth have erruptions, so why should this not happen =
sometimes with smaller insects ? Between 1960 and 1962 I saw Neomidia =
bicornis many times but seldom in later years (The museum had none when =
Chris Majka was working at beetles).
Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
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<DIV>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The yard is alive with insects today, Sap =
Beetles, Bark=20
Beetles, Sawflies with intricately ornamented pronota (yellow on black), =
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small bees, and so on. <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I started collecting =
beetles in=20
1960 and, with interruptions while in college and working, reached =
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numbers; almost all in Kentville or nearby.&nbsp;So this year I was =
interested=20
to find a Long Horned beetle new to me ( <EM>Cyrtophorus =
verrucosus</EM>; Mar 28=20
near pine firewood indoors), a second of the same yesterday in a =
hardwood pile=20
remote from the winter source and a third of the same today in the same =
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zero in&nbsp;54 years,&nbsp;is pure chance at work or a reflection of =
current=20
high abundance is hard to say but I suspect high abundance. </DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Large insects which are difficult to not notice, =
such as=20
Mourning Cloak or Gypsy Moth have erruptions, so why should this not =
happen=20
sometimes with smaller insects ? Between 1960 and 1962 I saw =
<EM>Neomidia=20
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