NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND P.0. BOX 2346, CHARLOTTETONN, P.E.I. ClA 8C1

MEETINGS are held on the first Tuesday of the month (except June, July, August, and September) at 7:30 p.m. 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 Dan McAskill, Charlottetown RR # 5, Donagh, P.E.I. CIA 7J8 (phone 569-4351). Annual membership rates are: single - $4; family - $5. Renewals are due in January. Membership expiry dates are in the top right hand corner of the mailing label.

The Society is directed by a volunteer executive elected from its members.

1991 Executive: President . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Barbara Currie, Charlottetown 894-9297 Vice-President . . . . . . . ..Mary Beth Harris, Battery Point 569-2665

Past President..Patrick Hootton, Sharram Point 892-5761 962-3641

Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Caroline Meincke 368-1704

Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Dan McAskill, Donagh 569-4351

Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Vic Toews, Charlottetown 566-4998

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Donald Wilkinson, Sherwood 566-1279

NEWSLETTERS are published bi-monthly on recycled paper. Articles, notes, reports, drawings, 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. "Today's notations become tomorrow's history". All contributions should be sent to:

Dan McAskill, The Newsletter Editor

Natural History Society of Prince Edward Island

Charlottetown RR # 5, Donagh, P.E.I. ClA 7J8 The next newsletter deadline is April 10th, 1991.

The Natural History Society gratefully acknowledges the financial assistance from the Department of Tourism and Parks which enables the newsletters to be distributed to schools and libraries and to members.

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. Tax receipts are issued for donations to the Society and these funds are used to further the work of the Society. Editors of other newsletters are welcome to reprint articles from the Island Naturalist (except when copyrighted). Acknowledgment would be appreciated.

THIS MONTHS COVER

A trip to the fields or woods on a bright sunny day at this time of year should reveal tiny black dots, especially in small depressions. These moving dots are actually wingless insects called snow fleas or springtails. They are feeding on molds or algae on the snow surface. These insects normally inhabit the ground surface but climb.up to the snow surface on grass stems, bushes, or tree trunks to feast.

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