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>> three Red Admirals indeed! we spray vision (roundup) on our forests to produce a functional monoculture of spruce & fir. Then we spray Bt on the result to kill the spruce budworm & any other caterpillars around. So we remove habitat & we then we poison. Very effective ecocide...and the only upside I my opinion is nice clean windscreens... With kindest regards Mary (Macaulay), P.Eng. Owner, Remember Adventures & Caper Cafe Pedal Buggy & snowshoe rentals, great bird friendly coffee, breakfast & pasta, pollinator meadow, games & more!! (Open Wed to Sunday: 8:30 am-7pm) HWY 6 & Station Road Trans-Canada Trail Tatamagouche RememberAdventures.ca & InsectRecovery.org 1-902-657-0054 Twitter @RememberTata & @InsectRecovery > On Aug 27, 2016, at 9:45 AM, Eleanor Lindsay <kelindsay135@gmail.com> wrote: > > For the past 30+ years I have made regular summer car trips from St Margarets Bay to Fredericton; in the early days I used to frequently have to stop to clear accumulations of dead insects from my front windshield. I am no longer sure about the exact time frame of this change, but yesterday on return home I was struck by the total lack - not one single insect on my windshield, which speaks such volumes about the enormity of change happening around us - and also how easy it can be not to be so quick to notice or object to the 'convenient' changes................... > > Eleanor Lindsay > > >> On 2016-08-26 9:17 PM, Donna Crossland wrote: >> It's very interesting to read of these various insect observations. >> Creating awareness is valuable to those of us who haven't yet ventured into >> this domain. >> >> >> I could use some help from folks who are much more in-the-know on what they >> might predict the potential effects of spraying bT for spruce budworm would >> do to our butterfly populations and other insects. It's all potential bird >> food in my mind, and that's a concern, but what of other non-target insect >> populations here? Timing is everything, as I understand it. I haven't had >> time to research this topic, but I would like some Nova Scotia-specific >> observations/predictions on what that might mean to our insect populations >> if spraying began next year, which may happen. Thoughts? >> >> >> Donna Crossland (naive insect person) >> >> >> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] >> On Behalf Of Mary Macaulay >> Sent: August-26-16 9:09 AM >> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Butterfly numbers >> >> >> Sadly this is a global phenomenon. We are now very sophisticated with our >> chemical strategies for indiscriminately killing all insects. >> http://butterfly-conservation.org/48-10581/neonicotinoid-pesticides-linked-t >> o-butterfly-declines.html >> >> >> Those of us who notice need to wake those up who'd care IF they noticed. >> Spread the word persistently. >> >> >> With kindest regards >> >> >> >> >> >> Mary (Macaulay), P.Eng. >> >> >> Owner, Remember Adventures & Caper Cafe >> >> Pedal Buggy & snowshoe rentals, great bird friendly coffee, breakfast & >> pasta, pollinator meadow, games & more!! >> >> (Open Wed to Sunday: 8:30 am-7pm) >> >> HWY 6 & Station Road >> >> Trans-Canada Trail >> >> Tatamagouche >> >> RememberAdventures.ca & InsectRecovery.org >> >> 1-902-657-0054 >> >> Twitter @RememberTata & @InsectRecovery >> >> >> On Aug 26, 2016, at 8:57 AM, Angus MacLean <cold_mac@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> I spent 5 days in the field while visiting in northern Cape Breton, >> returning yesterday. I saw three fritillaries in total, likely Great >> Spangled, but I could not catch up to them. No other butterflies! >> >> In Kings County, virtually the same story but the lack of skippers is >> particularly noticeable & troubling. >> >> Large numbers of moths coming to the lights, especially in Cape Breton, so >> whatever is impacting the butterflies is not affecting the moth population. >> >> As for bumble bees, Bombus ternarius is always very common/numerous when >> goldenrod is at its height. Goldenrod does not attract other nectaring >> insects so its a mystery to me. This summer B. ternarius on the average >> appears quite small indicating a lack of food for them in their larval >> stage. >> Angus >> >> _____ >> >> From: srshaw@Dal.Ca >> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Butterfly numbers >> Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2016 02:55:23 +0000 >> >> 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). 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 sp there. >> >> 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. >> >> Steve (Hfx) >> >> On Aug 25, 2016, at 3:02 PM, Ron Wilson <solidago123@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> I too noticed a noticeable lack of butterflies on my property this year, >> that is until a couple of days ago. >> >> >> While the flight time for many species has passed there has been an >> emergence 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 >> along with one Great-spangled Fritillary. >> >> >> Clouded Sulphurs and Cabbage Whites are numerous now as well. >&