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Dear All, July 5, 2015
This is a collection of odds & ends from late May to the present.=20
I think Damsel Flies and Dragon Flies have been more abundant in the =
yard than in previous years. Usually (I think) we don't see Dragon Flies =
until late August when the relatively small Red ones variously pass =
through or sun on wood (some kind of Meadowhawk ?). Both Damsels and =
Dragons are transients which may linger a while and move on; ~5 =
sightings of Dragon Flies mostly flying (one perched and with prominent =
black wing spots as in Common Whitetail) and ~10 of Damsel Flies flying =
or perched; some with a dark abdomen, some pale with a blue tip and =
others. This may be partly due to the larger area of untamed plant =
growth in the yard as the former vegetable garden has reverted to =
whatever moves in.
Recently I saw a small green Bee (thorax and abdomen) working =
Plantago lanceolata (English Plaintain) anthers. With the long filaments =
of this plant the Bee is almost hidden in the underbrush. This plant is =
an interesting example of hedging bets. Anther development and pollen =
shedding from any one spike takes place as a wave which creeps up the =
spike and the spike extends over time; the initially short ovate spike =
becoming long cylindric by the time all pollen has shed. So shedding =
from any spike probably continues over a period of weeks. And spike =
development is staggered.=20
So far I have noticed only one beetle species on the Multiflora Rose =
this year; a small, elongated, dark Longhorned Beetle (Pidonia =
ruficollis) but with dark as opposed to reddish pronotum.
Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
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<DIV>Dear All, =20
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July 5, 2015</DIV>
<DIV> This is a collection of odds & ends from =
late May to=20
the present. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> I think Damsel Flies and Dragon Flies have been =
more=20
abundant in the yard than in previous years. Usually (I think) we don't =
see=20
Dragon Flies until late August when the relatively small Red ones =
variously pass=20
through or sun on wood (some kind of Meadowhawk ?). Both Damsels =
and=20
Dragons are transients which may linger a while and move on; ~5 =
sightings=20
of Dragon Flies mostly flying (one perched and with prominent black wing =
spots=20
as in Common Whitetail) and ~10 of Damsel Flies flying or perched; some =
with a=20
dark abdomen, some pale with a blue tip and others. This may be partly =
due to=20
the larger area of untamed plant growth in the yard as the former =
vegetable=20
garden has reverted to whatever moves in.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> Recently I saw a small green Bee (thorax and =
abdomen)=20
working Plantago lanceolata (English Plaintain) anthers. With the long =
filaments=20
of this plant the Bee is almost hidden in the underbrush. =
This plant is an=20
interesting example of hedging bets. Anther development and pollen =
shedding=20
from any one spike takes place as a wave which creeps up the =
spike and the=20
spike extends over time; the initially short ovate spike becoming long =
cylindric=20
by the time all pollen has shed. So shedding from any spike =
probably=20
continues over a period of weeks. And spike development is staggered. =
</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> So far I have noticed only one beetle species on =
the=20
Multiflora Rose this year; a small, elongated, dark Longhorned Beetle=20
(<EM>Pidonia ruficollis</EM>) but with dark as opposed to reddish=20
pronotum.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville</DIV></BODY></HTML>
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