[NatureNS] Strange beetle

Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2006 21:10:46 -0300
From: David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com>
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Christopher Majka wrote:<br>
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  <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>)&nbsp; are not young beetles (I&nbsp;don't believe there are any beetles
which carry their young in this&nbsp;fashion), or parasites, but rather are so-called
"phoretic" mites.</span></div>
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Hi Chris &amp; All,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sept 4, 2006<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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&nbsp; hitching a ride. <br>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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>
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Yours truly, Dave Webster, Kentville<br>
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