Pakowki Sandhills's Boletim

24 de setembro de 2021

New Species For Alberta Discovered

On June 28, 2018, Paul Dennehy (@paul_dennehy) had a big night of moth survey work.

The first find was a small dark moth, that he later dissected and confirmed to be Aroga websteri. This new species for Alberta and is previously known only BC and SK in Canada as per Pohl et al. (2018).

That same day he also discovered the first Alberta record of Amydria obliquella, another new species for Alberta according to Pohl et al. (2018) .

Congrats Paul!
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/95891277
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/20579831

Posted on 24 de setembro de 2021, 02:14 AM by mothmaniac mothmaniac | 0 comentários | Deixar um comentário

20 de setembro de 2021

Species List Update - Lepidoptera

To date, survey work has led to the documentation of 23 families and 267 species in the park, in fact approximately 11% of all species known in Alberta thus making it one of the most diverse places for Lepidoptera in Alberta. Of these 45 are considered rare and are 36 uncommon, of these 13 species only known from this park. As for S-rankings there are 2 species that are considered S1 species, 24 are S1S2, 1 is S1S3 and 8 are S2 species.

To learn more about this project visit: https://www.researchgate.net/project/Pakowki-Sandhills-Lepidoptera-Survey

Posted on 20 de setembro de 2021, 04:31 PM by mothmaniac mothmaniac | 5 comentários | Deixar um comentário

02 de setembro de 2021

17 de outubro de 2020

Plant Community Classification of the Pakowki Sandhills and Sand Plains.

"The primary objective of this project was to develop a plant community classification of sand dune and sand plain plant communities of the Grassland Natural Region based on field survey, correlations with other surveys and any available previously-collected data."

Here's the report.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.albertaparks.ca/media/3461850/pakowki_report.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjHmZv37LrsAhXDop4KHcFLCLgQFjAAegQIBRAB&usg=AOvVaw1tAI1_C22YqK2dT8W4V_Rv

Posted on 17 de outubro de 2020, 05:08 AM by mothmaniac mothmaniac | 0 comentários | Deixar um comentário

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