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Natural history is about all things great and small. That is what this =
site is about, as I understood it. =20
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Donna Crossland
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From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca =
[mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of David & Alison =
Webster
Sent: January-20-16 3:09 PM
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] strange large grub on snow to ID
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Hi Donna & All,
Right. With threats like Noctua pronuba invasions, at the gate, it =
does make one wonder why anyone would worry about little things like =
climate change. And it probably did not enter the country legally, by =
going through Customs and Immigration.
Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
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From: "Donna Crossland" <dcrossland@eastlink.ca>
To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 1:54 PM
Subject: RE: [NatureNS] strange large grub on snow to ID
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> Now that I've read that the Yellow Underwing moth is yet another new =
invasive species introduction, I will retract my advice to put the =
collected larvae back outside. =20
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> It just resends the message that if something looks very strange/out =
of the ordinary, and never observed before, one should automatically =
question whether it is a relatively new arrival, and whether some new =
ecological concerns may be associated with the new species.
> Interesting.
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> Donna Crossland
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca =
[mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Fred Schueler
> Sent: January-18-16 10:02 PM
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] strange large grub on snow to ID
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> On 1/18/2016 5:34 PM, bev wigney wrote:
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>> Looks like a Yellow Underwing moth larva to me. More about them on=20
>> this web page.=20
>> http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2013/01/20/winter-cutworm-found-in-snow/
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> * incredible how these guys think they can find a better hibernation =
site so late in the fall/winter!
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> Here's ones on the streets in the village here:
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> Noctua pronuba 1 Dec 2015
> Noctua pronuba 2 Dec 2015
> cf Noctua pronuba 4 Dec 2015
> cf Noctua pronuba 6 Dec 2015
> cf Noctua pronuba 8 Dec 2015
> cf Noctua pronuba 9 Dec 2015
> cf Noctua pronuba 14 Dec 2015
> Noctua pronuba 17 Dec 2015
> cf Noctua pronuba 21 Dec 2015
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> (cf's are mostly roadkills) - Bev led me to the name of these this =
year, and even though the previous identifications are retrospective =
they seem to be increasing in accordance with their invasive nature.
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> fred.
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>> On 2016-01-18, at 7:11 PM, Donna Crossland <dcrossland@eastlink.ca=20
>> <mailto:dcrossland@eastlink.ca>> wrote:
>>
>>> I need the help of those naturalists who revel in the entomological =
world:
>>>
>>> I received a photo from my sister (link below) wanting to know the=20
>>> name of this large =E2=80=98grub=E2=80=99 found near the Bridgewater =
area on Jan=20
>>> 13th. There were two of them crawling on top of the fresh snow. =20
>>> They were almost the size a =E2=80=9Ca little finger=E2=80=9D, =
referring to both=20
>>> length and diameter of a small finger. (A good snack for a bird,=20
>>> except they are now apparently in a jar.)
>>>
>>>
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> Vulnerable Watersheds - http://vulnerablewaters.blogspot.ca/
> Mudpuppy Night in Oxford Mills - http://pinicola.ca/mudpup1.htm
> RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, Canada K0G 1T0
> on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W
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