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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-128-992092491 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hi Flora, On 16-Apr-07, at 4:52 PM, Wild Flora wrote: > Bats are not pollinators here in Nova Scotia=97correct? Are any =20 > beetles pollinators here in Nova Scotia? There are a large number of beetles in Nova Scotia which are involved =20= in varying degrees in pollination. There are numerous species in the =20 Centoniinae (the flower scarabs), Buprestidae (jewel beetles), =20 Cantharidae (soldier beetles), Cleridae (checkered beetles), =20 Melyridae (soft-winged flower beetles), Nitidulidae (sap beetles), =20 Mordellidae (tumbling flower beetles), Scraptiidae (false flower =20 beetles), Oedemeridae (false blister beetles), Pyrochoridae (fire-=20 coloured beetles), Alleculinae (comb-clawed beetles), Orsodacnidae =20 (orsodacnid leaf beetles), and Lepturinae (flower longhorns) that =20 feed in whole or in part as adults on the pollen of various flowers. The subject is a large one and there are many species of flowering =20 plants which are thought to have evolved their flower shape and =20 structure specifically in relation to beetle pollination. Some of =20 these beetles are conspicuously covered in setae in the same way as =20 bees allowing similar conveyance of pollen for the purposes of =20 pollination. All the best, Chris _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.=20= _. 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> _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.=20= _. --Apple-Mail-128-992092491 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 <HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Flora,<DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On = 16-Apr-07, at 4:52 PM, Wild Flora 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: Palatino; = 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 = class=3D"Section1"><P class=3D"MsoNormal"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span"= style=3D"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">Bats are not = pollinators here in Nova Scotia=97correct? Are any beetles pollinators = here in Nova Scotia?</SPAN><O:P style=3D"font-family: Times New Roman; = font-size: 16px; "></O:P></P></DIV></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>There are a = large number of beetles in Nova Scotia which are involved in varying = degrees in pollination. There are numerous species in the Centoniinae = (the flower scarabs), Buprestidae (jewel beetles), Cantharidae (soldier = beetles), Cleridae (checkered beetles), Melyridae (soft-winged flower = beetles), Nitidulidae (sap beetles), Mordellidae (tumbling flower = beetles), Scraptiidae (false flower beetles), Oedemeridae (false blister = beetles), Pyrochoridae (fire-coloured beetles), Alleculinae (comb-clawed = beetles), Orsodacnidae (orsodacnid leaf beetles), and Lepturinae (flower = longhorns) that feed in whole or in part as adults on the pollen of = various flowers.=A0</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>The subject is a large one = and there are many species of flowering plants which are thought to have = evolved their flower shape and structure specifically in relation to = beetle pollination. Some of these beetles are conspicuously covered in = setae in the same way as bees allowing similar conveyance of pollen for = the purposes of pollination.</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>All the best,</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Chris</DIV><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-128-992092491--
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