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| List: MassLep Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2023 16:17:39 -0400 From: <dacooper...> <dacooper...> Subject: [MassLep] Harvester update |
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--Apple-Mail=_04CB6A67-F9E1-4E0B-BD2C-EF3B570C8FEE Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" I=E2=80=99m still counting harvesters every few days along the Lower Mystic= Lake in Medford and getting numbers from 4 or 5 up to a high of 14 recentl= y on Sept. 12th.=20 I did have one very surprising sighting on Sept. 5th. I was looking at a ha= rvester perched on a leaf at just about eye level (as they often do) when w= hat looked like a bee flew down and chased the butterfly away. The two of t= hem chased each other briefly, and then the butterfly settled back on the s= ame leaf. In just a couple seconds the =E2=80=9Cbee=E2=80=9D swooped down f= rom above, grabbed the butterfly, and carried it to a slightly higher branc= h. I couldn=E2=80=99t see very well, but I did see wings being pulled off a= nd dropped. I wanted to scream Nooooo! I told my friend Marj about this incident, and she consulted an expert who = explained: "Definitely not a bee, bees don=E2=80=99t hunt anything. It was likely one = of two things; either a yellowjacket (who certainly would take almost any i= nsect as prey to feed their larvae and then dismember it. Or it was one of = the genera or robber flies who look very much like bees (like Laphria sp.)= =E2=80=9D Enjoying the nicer weather, at least briefly, Renee Renee LaFontaine Medford MA <dacooper...> =20 --=20 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "= MassLep" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an e= mail to masslep+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/= masslep/<444F500D-FC36-4281-9181-5FD732300DAA...> --Apple-Mail=_04CB6A67-F9E1-4E0B-BD2C-EF3B570C8FEE Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset= =3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: s= pace; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D"">I=E2=80=99m still counting= harvesters every few days along the Lower Mystic Lake in Medford and getti= ng numbers from 4 or 5 up to a high of 14 recently on Sept. 12th. <div= class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">I did have one very surpri= sing sighting on Sept. 5th. I was looking at a harvester perched on a leaf = at just about eye level (as they often do) when what looked like a bee flew= down and chased the butterfly away. The two of them chased each other brie= fly, and then the butterfly settled back on the same leaf. In just a couple= seconds the =E2=80=9Cbee=E2=80=9D swooped down from above, grabbed the but= terfly, and carried it to a slightly higher branch. I couldn=E2=80=99t see = very well, but I did see wings being pulled off and dropped. I wanted= to scream Nooooo!</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"= ">I told my friend Marj about this incident, and she consulted an expert wh= o explained:</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><spa= n style=3D"font-family: HelveticaNeue;" class=3D"">"Definitely not a bee, b= ees don=E2=80=99t hunt anything. It was likely one of two things; either a = yellowjacket (who certainly would take almost any insect as prey to feed th= eir larvae and then dismember it. Or it was one of the genera or robber fli= es who look very much like bees (like Laphria sp.)</span><font face=3D"Helv= eticaNeue" class=3D"">=E2=80=9D</font></div><div class=3D""><font face=3D"H= elveticaNeue" class=3D""><br class=3D""></font></div><div class=3D""><font = face=3D"HelveticaNeue" class=3D"">Enjoying the nicer weather, at least brie= fly,</font></div><div class=3D""><font face=3D"HelveticaNeue" class=3D"">Re= nee</font></div><div class=3D""><font face=3D"HelveticaNeue" class=3D""><br= class=3D""></font></div><div class=3D""><font face=3D"HelveticaNeue" class= =3D"">Renee LaFontaine</font></div><div class=3D""><font face=3D"HelveticaN= eue" class=3D"">Medford MA</font></div><div class=3D""><font face=3D"Helvet= icaNeue" class=3D""><a href=3D"mailto:<dacooper...>" class=3D"">dacoope= <r...></a></font></div><div class=3D""><span style=3D"font-family: Helv= eticaNeue;" class=3D""><br class=3D""></span></div><div class=3D""><span st= yle=3D"font-family: HelveticaNeue;" class=3D""> </span></div><div clas= s=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div></body></h= tml> <p></p> -- <br /> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups &= quot;MassLep" group.<br /> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an e= mail to <a href=3D"mailto:masslep+<unsubscribe...>">masslep+uns= <ubscribe...></a>.<br /> To view this discussion on the web visit <a href=3D"https://groups.google.c= om/d/msgid/masslep/<444F500D-FC36-4281-9181-5FD732300DAA...>?utm_medi= um=3Demail&utm_source=3Dfooter">https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/masslep/4= <44F500D-FC36-4281-9181-5FD732300DAA...></a>.<br /> --Apple-Mail=_04CB6A67-F9E1-4E0B-BD2C-EF3B570C8FEE-- |
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