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Re: [NatureNS] Japanese BeetleThanks Phil,
Later today, shortly after having said I had seen only one in that =
garden, I saw four on a Rose bush; squashed three and one flew away.
Davw Webster, Kentville
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Phil Schappert=20
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2015 8:03 PM
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Japanese Beetle
At 9:49 PM -0300 8/27/15, David McCorquodale wrote:
Japanese Beetle is not common in NS. In Halifax it appears to be =
restricted to a park across the street from the train station and the =
Westin Hotel. I do not recall any recent records from Yarmouth County. =
Chris' papers on NS beetles will have a few more comments than the =
checklist. I am not aware of other records for NS.
On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 7:49 PM, David & Alison Webster =
<dwebster@glinx.com> wrote:
Dear All, Aug 27, 2015
Does anyone know offhand how common the Japanese Beetle =
(Popillia japonica) is in NS ? I found one yesterday in a flower garden =
(Kentville) the first I had seen since I started collecting beetles in =
1960 [ and in most habitats except flower gadens].
A checklist of NS beetles, prepared by Chris Majka and dated =
Nov, 2003 shows it to have been collected in only two counties, Yarmouth =
and Halifax, but this may simply reflect the tendency to not collect =
common things.
Hi David (and David)...
I reported a single P. japonica, found and photographed at Roaches =
Pond in Spryfield (nowhere near the train station or Westin Hotel!) to =
Andrew Hebda at the NS Museum last year (see =
http://imaginaturestudio.blogspot.ca/2014/09/an-unpleasant-discovery.html=
for the whole sordid story).
This year I found another single beetle at the same site on August 2nd =
with another one seen on the 5th. But on the 17th, I hit the jackpot =
(not a lottery I want to win). I ventured up to a spot that I rarely =
go...the small meadow behind the ball field above and away from the =
pond...and found large numbers of them (>12 dozen or so, including more =
than 10 mating pairs). It was disturbingly easy to find places to get 4 =
to 6 beetles in single photos so it appears that they're doing well =
here...which is not a good thing.
Phil
--=20
Phil Schappert, PhD
27 Clovis Ave.
Halifax, NS, B3P 1J3
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<DIV>Thanks Phil,</DIV>
<DIV> Later today, shortly after having said I had =
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one in that garden, I saw four on a Rose bush; squashed three and one =
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<DIV>Davw Webster, Kentville</DIV>
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Schappert</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] =
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Beetle</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>At 9:49 PM -0300 8/27/15, David McCorquodale wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite=3D"" type=3D"cite">Japanese Beetle is not common in =
NS. =20
In Halifax it appears to be restricted to a park across the street =
from the=20
train station and the Westin Hotel. I do not recall any recent =
records=20
from Yarmouth County. Chris' papers on NS beetles will have a =
few more=20
comments than the checklist. I am not aware of other records for=20
NS.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite=3D"" type=3D"cite"><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite=3D"" type=3D"cite">On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 7:49 PM, =
David &=20
Alison Webster <<A=20
href=3D"mailto:dwebster@glinx.com">dwebster@glinx.com</A>> =
wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE>Dear=20
=
All, <SPAN></S=
PAN> <SP=
AN></SPAN> =20
Aug 27, 2015</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE> Does anyone know offhand how common =
the=20
Japanese Beetle (<I>Popillia japonica</I>) is in NS ? I found =
one=20
yesterday in a flower garden (Kentville) the first I had seen =
since I=20
started collecting beetles in 1960 [ and in most habitats except =
flower=20
gadens].</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE> A checklist of NS beetles, prepared =
by=20
Chris Majka and dated Nov, 2003 shows it to have been collected in =
only=20
two counties, Yarmouth and Halifax, but this may simply reflect =
the=20
tendency to not collect common things.</BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR>Hi David (and David)...</DIV