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Index of Subjects <html> <head> </head> <body> <br> <br> Christopher Majka wrote:<br> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:E7AA2390-6D2A-46A3-9246-E8E54A46C5E8@ns.sympatico.ca"> <div> <div><span class="Apple-style-span">The creatures on the <i>Nicrophorus</i> beetle (there are seven species of <i>Nicrophorus</i> in Nova Scotia including <i>N. sayi</i>) are not young beetles (I don't believe there are any beetles which carry their young in this fashion), or parasites, but rather are so-called "phoretic" mites.</span></div> </div> <div><br> </div> </blockquote> Hi Chris & All, Sept 4, 2006<br> I have noted mites on a number of beetles, all having in common that they may inhabit humid environments: Carabidae, 5 genera, 10 numbers; Hydrophilids, one genus; Silphids, one genus; Staphylenids, two genera; Elaters, one genus; Cerambycids, one genus; Curculionids, 4 genera, 5 numbers. Some (most ?) of these may also be just hitching a ride. <br> <br> Also I sometimes see oval, flattened somethings that are attached to a beetle by a stalk (eggs ?, fungi ?). As it happens, I noted these on 1132, a Hister that came in with the batch of beetles that I left for you in mid-August. Any idea what these might be ?<br> <br> Yours truly, Dave Webster, Kentville<br> <br> </body> </html>
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