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Index of Subjects --_000_959570384B0C4EDDAC5C57DC3439ECFDdalca_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I was on the lower part of the drumlin in the Mt Uniacke House grounds for = about an hour in mid-afternoon with a net, looking for flies (not many). I= n hot sunny conditions I saw only one butterfly in that time, a common wood= -nymph; also two dragonflies, the small red meadow hawks like those I used = to catch in Cape Cod, Sympetrum sp there. The only insects that were common were a small bumble bee, in hundreds ever= ywhere on goldenrod and asters, and a fair number of Virginia Ctenuca moths= . The small creek there has dried up completely. Steve (Hfx) On Aug 25, 2016, at 3:02 PM, Ron Wilson <solidago123@gmail.com<mailto:solid= ago123@gmail.com>> wrote: I too noticed a noticeable lack of butterflies on my property this year, th= at is until a couple of days ago. While the flight time for many species has passed there has been an emergen= ce of adult Common Ringlet Butterflies here with approx 12 flitting around = at any given time. Today marked the appearance of this year's second Red Admiral seen here alo= ng with one Great-spangled Fritillary. Clouded Sulphurs and Cabbage Whites are numerous now as well. No sign of American or Painted Ladies this year whereas last year they were= a frequent visitor. Ron Wilson Somerset NS On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 2:48 PM, Larry Bogan <larry@bogan.ca<mailto:larry@b= ogan.ca>> wrote: Peter et al Yes, I feel that there have been fewer butterflies this summer. Our field= used to hold lots of skippers and Wood Nymphs and there were sparse this y= ear. The mission-monarch blitz last weekend looked for Monarch evidence an= d found some few and far between. The last rain has seemed to sparked butterflies. Since then I have seen t= wo Viceroys, a White Admiral, and lots of Cabbage whites and sulphurs. We hope to increase the Monarch population. The protection and raising fr= om eggs and larvae is at the release stage. So far we have released 26 adul= t Monarchs and have quite a few to go. We hope to be up near 80 this year. = All this from two females and a male in our field during July. Some of the= ones we released have stayed around and twice in the last few days, we saw= a pair coupled. No eggs found yet. Larry ////// =3D=3D=3D /////// Larry Bogan Brooklyn Corner, Nova Scotia <larry@bogan.ca<mailto:larry@bogan.ca>> On Fri, 19 Aug 2016 13:09:15 -0300 pce@accesswave.ca<mailto:pce@accesswave.ca> wrote: > It seems to me that butterfly numbers have been way down over the last > few weeks, during that prolonged dry spell. > > However, with a couple of decent rains, we're starting to see a few > butterflies flying again. In particular, my neighbours' Buddleia had > three Red Admirals on it this morning, and the lowly Cabbage White has > become more common, too. > > Anybody else feel that this has not been a great summer for butterflies? > > Peter Payzant --_000_959570384B0C4EDDAC5C57DC3439ECFDdalca_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <4C81BE25909DA94F9969F4CA8651B8D2@namprd03.prod.outlook.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dus-ascii"= > </head> <body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-lin= e-break: after-white-space;"> I was on the lower part of the drumlin in the Mt Uniacke House grounds for = about an hour in mid-afternoon with a net, looking for flies (not many). &n= bsp;In hot sunny conditions I saw only one butterfly in that time, a common= wood-nymph; also two dragonflies, the small red meadow hawks like those I used to catch in Cape Cod, Sympetrum s= p there. <div>The only insects that were common were a small bumble bee, in hundreds= everywhere on goldenrod and asters, and a fair number of Virginia Ctenuca = moths. The small creek there has dried up completely. <div>Steve (Hfx) <br> <br> <div> <div>On Aug 25, 2016, at 3:02 PM, Ron Wilson <<a href=3D"mailto:solidago= 123@gmail.com">solidago123@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div> <br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"> <blockquote type=3D"cite"> <div dir=3D"ltr">I too noticed a noticeable lack of butterflies on my prope= rty this year, that is until a couple of days ago. <div><br> <div>While the flight time for many species has passed there has been an em= ergence of adult Common Ringlet Butterflies here with approx 12 flitting ar= ound at any given time.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Today marked the appearance of this year's second Red Admiral seen her= e along with one Great-spangled Fritillary.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Clouded Sulphurs and Cabbage Whites are numerous now as well.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>No sign of American or Painted Ladies this year whereas last year they= were a frequent visitor.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Ron Wilson</div> <div>Somerset NS</div> <div><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div> </div> </div> </div> <div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br> <div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 2:48 PM, Larry Bogan <sp= an dir=3D"ltr"> <larry@bogan.ca&= gt;</span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> Peter et al<br> Yes, I feel that there have been fewer butterflies this summer. Our = field used to hold lots of skippers and Wood Nymphs and there were sparse t= his year. The mission-monarch blitz last weekend looked for Monarch e= vidence and found some few and far between.<br> <br> The last rain has seemed to sparked butterflies. Since then I have s= een two Viceroys, a White Admiral, and lots of Cabbage whites and sulphurs.= <br> <br> We hope to increase the Monarch population. The protection and raisi= n