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Hi Steve & All, July 6, 2015
I didn't intend to limit the concept of suitable magnification, so
something can be seen clearly, to images. Images are great for recording
color which usually fades in a voucher but, to see an insect in detail,
there is no subtitute for a mounted voucher so it, or select parts, can be
viewed from a number of angles. And when applicable, viewed on a number of
occasions.
One can buy a fairly expensive gizmo for holding vouchers at any desired
angle or make a good one, mostly from scrap material, for next to nothing.
To quote Brules & Melander (Preface to the1932 edition of Classification
of Insects) "...nor can any comprehension of the infinite variety of nature
be acquired except by close observational contact with the things
themselves."
YT, Dave Webster, Kentville
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Shaw" <srshaw@Dal.Ca>
To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2015 12:58 PM
Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Queen Bee
<snip>
> Good luck with the project, and as Dave implies, much of insect
> attractiveness is revealed visually using high power, high resolution
> images. <snip >
Steve (Hfx)
> --------------------------------------------
> Dave -
> Just a typo. Check out http://www.xerces.org/.
> Peter Payzant
> ________________________________________
> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] on
> behalf of Mary Macaulay [marymacaulay@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, July 4, 2015 8:06 PM
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Queen Bee
>
> Thank you David. I completely agree!
> Yes Xerces is still around. Not big on advocacy using social media but
> very much so with doing conservation work. Mostly in the USA.
>
> With kindest regards,
>
> Mary (Macaulay), P.Eng.
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>
> On Jul 4, 2015, at 11:18 AM, David & Alison Webster
> <dwebster@glinx.com<mailto:dwebster@glinx.com>> wrote:
>
> Hi Mary & All, July 3, 2015
> It was good to see your advocacy of insects getting some exposure
> (Hfx.Chr.) in today's paper.
> Next time, if doing so is possible, try to steer the reporter clear of
> negativity; e.g."Most of them are downright ugly."
> Many larvae would not win any beauty pagents perhaps but mature insects
> are beautiful; more so under magnification.
> Some 20 years ago I caught wind of a society based in California that
> aimed to increase awareness about insects and change attitudes for the
> better. I thought it was xerxes something but a google of that turns up
> only Persian history. Does anyone remember the name of this society and
> whether they are still active ?
>
> Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
>
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