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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-4--695658422 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hi Carl, On 11-Sep-06, at 2:49 PM, Carl Haycock wrote: > Thought I would add to the beetle sightings. Yesterday I had a > Green June Bug crawling around in my driveway. They are quite large > (1 inch) with a forest green back. Large eyes. I have never seen > one before. What ... a green June Bug .... ??? ;-> There are green species of scarabs, such as Chrysina: http://www.lam.mus.ca.us/research/entomology/coleoptera/scarabs/art8.jpg However, none of these are found even remotely close to the Maritime Provinces. None of our native scarabs are at all green. Chlaenius sericeus sericeus (Forster) is a very green ground beetle, which is, however, somewhat smaller (12-16 mm) and more flattened than a June Bug (17-23 mm). http://www.cbif.gc.ca/spp_pages/carabids/jpgs/images_e.php?image%5B% 5D=21430.jpg%3AChlaenius+%28Chlaenius%29+sericeus+sericeus Another possibility is one of the large predaceous diving beetles in the genus Dytiscus: Dytiscus verticalis Say Dytiscus harrisii Kirby Dytiscus dauricus Gebler Some individuals of which have a pronounced greenish cast to their colouration, for instance: http://homepage1.nifty.com/keichin/jpg/tadagenmo9.jpg http://homepage1.nifty.com/keichin/jpg/tadagenmo2.jpg These are large aquatic beetles, but they do fly very well and are sometimes found crawling about in various terrestrial situations. They are even larger (30-36 mm) than a June Bug (17-23 mm), and are distinctly flattened as compared to a June Bug. One other very remote possibility would be a Calosoma scrutator (Fabricius), a large predaceous ground beetle, however there is only one record of this species in Nova Scotia. Its possible that it could be a windblown stray from New England, but this would be almost as unlikely as a specimen of Chrysina. http://www.goldenphoenixexotica.com/fsearch.jpg Do any of these look like possibilities? There are many other green beetles in Nova Scotia but most others are much smaller than a June Bug, Cheers! Chris > > Carl Haycock > Westport > _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. Christopher Majka - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6 (902) 424-6435 Email <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. --Apple-Mail-4--695658422 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Carl,<DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On = 11-Sep-06, at 2:49 PM, Carl Haycock wrote:</DIV><BR = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; = font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; = -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; = -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV><FONT = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; ">Thought I would add to = the beetle sightings. Yesterday I had a Green June Bug crawling around = in my driveway. They are quite large (1 inch) with a forest green back. = Large eyes. I have never seen one = before.</SPAN></FONT></DIV></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>What ... a green June Bug = .... ??? ;->=A0=A0There are green species of scarabs, such as = <I>Chrysina</I>:</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><A = href=3D"http://www.lam.mus.ca.us/research/entomology/coleoptera/scarabs/ar= t8.jpg">http://www.lam.mus.ca.us/research/entomology/coleoptera/scarabs/ar= t8.jpg</A></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>However, none of these are = found even remotely close to the Maritime Provinces. None of our native = scarabs are at all green.=A0</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span"><I>Chlaenius sericeus sericeus</I> = (Forster)=A0is a very green ground beetle, which is, however, somewhat = smaller (12-16 mm) and more flattened than a June Bug (17-23 = mm).</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><A = href=3D"http://www.cbif.gc.ca/spp_pages/carabids/jpgs/images_e.php?image%5= B%5D=3D21430.jpg%3AChlaenius+%28Chlaenius%29+sericeus+sericeus">http://www= .cbif.gc.ca/spp_pages/carabids/jpgs/images_e.php?image%5B%5D=3D21430.jpg%3= AChlaenius+%28Chlaenius%29+sericeus+sericeus</A></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span">Another possibility is one of the large = predaceous diving beetles in the genus = <I>Dytiscus</I>:</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span"><I>Dytiscus verticalis</I> = Say</SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span"><I>Dytiscus = harrisii </I>Kirby</SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span"><I>Dytiscus dauricus = </I>Gebler</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Some individuals of which = have a=A0pronounced greenish cast to their colouration, for = instance:</DIV><DIV><BR class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><A = href=3D"http://homepage1.nifty.com/keichin/jpg/tadagenmo9.jpg">http://home= page1.nifty.com/keichin/jpg/tadagenmo9.jpg</A></DIV><DIV><A = href=3D"http://homepage1.nifty.com/keichin/jpg/tadagenmo2.jpg">http://home= page1.nifty.com/keichin/jpg/tadagenmo2.jpg</A></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>These are large aquatic = beetles, but they do fly very well and are sometimes found crawling = about in various terrestrial situations. They are even larger (30-36 mm) = than a June Bug (17-23 mm), and are distinctly flattened as compared to = a June Bug.=A0</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span">One other very remote possibility would be = a=A0<I>Calosoma scrutator </I>(Fabricius), a large predaceous ground = beetle, however there is only one record of this species in Nova Scotia. = Its possible that it could be a windblown stray from New England, but = this would be almost as=A0unlikely=A0as a specimen of = <I>Chrysina</I>.</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><A = href=3D"http://www.goldenphoenixexotica.com/fsearch.jpg">http://www.golden= phoenixexotica.com/fsearch.jpg</A></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Do any of these look like = possibilities?</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>There are many other green = beetles in Nova Scotia but most others are much smaller than a June = Bug,</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Cheers!</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Chris</DIV><BR><BLOCKQUOTE = type=3D"cite"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: = separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Times; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: = 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV><FONT = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"></FONT>=A0</DIV><DIV><FONT face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Arial; = font-size: 10px; ">Carl Haycock</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; = ">Westport</SPAN></FONT></DIV><BR = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV> = <P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Times">_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._= ._._._.</FONT></P> <P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT = face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Times">Christopher Majka = - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History</FONT></P> <P style=3D"margin: = 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Times">1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada<SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>B3H 3A6</FONT></P> <P = style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Times">(902) 424-6435 <SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>Email <<A = href=3D"mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca">c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca</A>></F= ONT></P> <P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times"= size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Times">_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._= ._._._.</FONT></P> </DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>= --Apple-Mail-4--695658422--
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