NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND LTD. 
     
     P.O. BOX 2346, CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. C1A 8C1 
     
    
   
   
    
     MEETINGS are held on the first Tuesday of the month (except June, July, August, and September) at 7:30 pm. at 
     
     the Farm Centre, 420 University Avenue, Charlottetown. Members and non-members are welcome. Please bring 
     
     your coffee cup so that we will contribute as little as possible to the waste stream. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Membership is open to anyone interested in the natural history of Prince Edward Island. Membership is available at 
     
     any meeting or by contacting the Treasurer at PO. Box 2346. Charlottetown C1A 8C1 (phone 566-1289). Annual 
     
     membership is $16 and renewals are due in January. Membership expiry dates are shown in the top right hand 
     
     corner of the mailing label. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Society is directed by a volunteer Executive elected from its members. 
     
    
   
   
    
     1999 Executive: President ........................ ..Ben Hoteling, Tryon 658-2036 
     
     Vice-President .......... ..Mary Beth Harris, Battery Point 569-2665 
     
    

    
     Past President .................... ..Ray Cooke, Charlottetown 894-9695 
     
     Secretary ............................... ..Michelle Johnston, York 629-1393 
     
     Treasurer ................................. ..Jim Jenkins, Sherwood 566-1289 
     
     Directors - Program ......... ..Meike Keunecke, Red Head 961-2737 
     
    

    
     - Publicity ............. ..Murray Russell, Valley 659-2340 
     
    
   
   
    
     NEWSLETTERS are normally published quarterly on recycled paper. Articles. notes, reports, drawings, bird 
     
     sightings. plant records, etc. are welcomed from members and non-members. If you have seen anything unusual, 
     
     please share it with us. It is important to have your observations recorded so that others may learn from them. All 
     
     contributions should be sent to: 
     
    
   
   
    
     Dan McAskiII, Newsletter Editor, NHSPEI 
     
     Charlottetown RR # 5, Donagh, P.E.I. C1A 7J8 
     
     E-mail: phillips.mcaskill@pei.sympatico.ca 
     
    
   
   
    
     The next newsletter deadline is August 31. 1999. 
     
     Illustrations: The Society extends a special thanks to Dover Colouring Books for their illustrations. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Natural History Society gratefully acknowledges support from the Department of Education and Human ' 
     
     Resources which enables distribution of newsletters to schools and libraries desiring it. The Natural History Society 
     
     is an affiliate of the Canadian Nature Federation and has representation on the Board of the Island Nature Trust. 
     
     The Society is a registered, non-profit organization (Part 2, Companies Act). Tax receipts are issued for donations 
     
     to the Society and these funds are used to further the work of the Society. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Reprinting: Editors of other newsletters and teachers wishing to copy classroom materials are welcome to reprint 
     
     articles from the Island Naturalist (except when copyrighted). Due acknowledgement must be provided to the Island 
     
     Naturalist, the author and illustrator. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Cover Illustration: 
     
    

    
     There is hardly a spot of land on the Island where one does not encounter one to a great 
     
     many adult female mosquitos attempting to get the meals of blood used before producing their 
     
     eggs. These prolific insects form an important part of the food web of fresh water and salt water 
     
     marshes, woodlands, and wet depressions. Dragonflies, small fish, and birds feed on large 
     
     numbers of their larvae and adults. This illustration shows the egg mass on the left with a adult 
     
     emerging on the upper right.