here is the Bug Parade in a north Gower Garden

[I Macaulay]

70KB file  drop box file

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/zlmda391qzw67l64o72mx/North-gower-bug-parade.MOV?rlkey=bk3y7bic4lv83j7tvni5i87oi&st=rk7rj87y&dl=0

Senility has been a smooth transition for me.

Note New Hours

Ian Macaulay   Carp, Ontario

Open at 11:AM   Close at 5:00 PM

45.2397 N long: 76.0991 W Elv 137 M UTM
    Don't Forget to Save the Stamps

[Frederick W. Schueler]

On 10/11/2025 1:12 PM, 'I Macaulay' via NatureList wrote:

> https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/zlmda391qzw67l64o72mx/North-gower-bug-
> parade.MOV?rlkey=bk3y7bic4lv83j7tvni5i87oi&st=rk7rj87y&dl=0 <https://
> www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/zlmda391qzw67l64o72mx/North-gower-bug-parade.MOV?
> rlkey=bk3y7bic4lv83j7tvni5i87oi&st=rk7rj87y&dl=0>

* wow - no adults! Do you have adults elsewhere in the area? ...and did
you have Manitoba Maples whose leaves & fruit dried up in the summer?

What are others on the list seeing of Box Elder Bugs? I.m thinking of
writing a Trail & Landscape article about having nymphs among ours -
maybe where MM leaves stayed green all summer there are only adults?

Just now I saw a tiny adult on our woodshed, which may be another sign
of a removed food supply.

fred.
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---------Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad ------------
Fragile Inheritance Natural History - https://fragileinheritance.ca/
6 St-Lawrence Street Bishops Mills, RR#2 Oxford Station, Ontario K0G 1T0
on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44.87156° N 75.70095° W
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[Jim Beckett]

We have swarms, literally, seeking crevices in the tongue and groove siding.
Jim

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Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2025 2:52 PM
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Subject: Re: [NatureList] here is the Bug Parade in a north Gower Garden

On 10/11/2025 1:12 PM, 'I Macaulay' via NatureList wrote:

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> rlkey=bk3y7bic4lv83j7tvni5i87oi&st=rk7rj87y&dl=0>

* wow - no adults! Do you have adults elsewhere in the area? ...and did you have Manitoba Maples whose leaves & fruit dried up in the summer?

What are others on the list seeing of Box Elder Bugs? I.m thinking of writing a Trail & Landscape article about having nymphs among ours - maybe where MM leaves stayed green all summer there are only adults?

Just now I saw a tiny adult on our woodshed, which may be another sign of a removed food supply.

fred.
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---------Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad ------------ Fragile Inheritance Natural History - https://fragileinheritance.ca/
6 St-Lawrence Street Bishops Mills, RR#2 Oxford Station, Ontario K0G 1T0 on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44.87156° N 75.70095° W
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[Frederick W. Schueler]

On 10/11/2025 6:30 PM, Jim Beckett wrote:
> We have swarms, literally, seeking crevices in the tongue and groove siding.

* are they all adults, or are there nymphs among them? - and how did
your Manitoba Maples do through the drought?

fred.
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> What are others on the list seeing of Box Elder Bugs? I.m thinking of writing a Trail & Landscape article about having nymphs among ours - maybe where MM leaves stayed green all summer there are only adults?
>
> Just now I saw a tiny adult on our woodshed, which may be another sign of a removed food supply.

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[I Macaulay]

This was my brothers garden and I was not there.  But he does have a huge Manitoba Maple a few yards ( Sorry Meters ) away.

I have no idea of its condition.  Either way I have never seen such a large gathering.    

Senility has been a smooth transition for me.

Note New Hours

Ian Macaulay   Carp, Ontario

Open at 11:AM   Close at 5:00 PM

45.2397 N long: 76.0991 W Elv 137 M UTM
    Don't Forget to Save the Stamps

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[Frederick W. Schueler]

On 10/11/2025 11:26 PM, 'I Macaulay' via NatureList wrote:
> This was my brothers garden and I was not there.  But he does have a
> huge Manitoba Maple a few yards ( Sorry Meters ) away.
> I have no idea of its condition.  Either way I have never seen such a
> large gathering.

* can you ask him if the Manitoba Maple's foliage went brown earlier in
the summer?

[Jim Beckett]

Fred,
All seem to be adults and the interesting thing is that I have several large maple trees but none of them are actually Manitoba Maples. They retained most of the foliage despite the lack of rain.

Jim

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