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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-88--801181787 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hi Angus, On 16-May-07, at 9:08 PM, Angus MacLean wrote: > Following are a few pics of four identified beetles. > > This is a distinctly marked beetle but I could not find a match for =20= > it (Unknown Beetle4).. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/58321572@N00/501442653/ Unknown Beetle 4 is Carabus nemoralis M=FCller, a large introduced =20 European ground beetle first found in North America in NB in 1870 and =20= in NS in 1924. A very useful garden species, it preys to an important =20= degree on slugs and earthworms. The next three URL's (below) all go to this same image, but the next =20 picture in the sequence, Unknown Beetle 3a is also a ground beetle =20 (in the Carabidae), quite possibly Poecilus l. lucublandus (Say) (I =20 can't quite make out enough detail to be sure). It's a common and =20 widespread native species in Nova Scotia that are predators on a very =20= wide variety of insects and invertebrates. Unknown Beetle 3 is also of Carabus nemoralis. Unknown Beetle 2 is a female Dytiscus verticalis Say, one of the =20 large species of predaceous Diving Beetles (Dytiscidae). The females =20 have prominent grooves on the elytra, the better for the males to get =20= a grip on them when mating! Unknown Beetle 1 is a tiger beetle (Cicindelinae). It looks to me =20 like Cicindela l. longilabris Say, but Derek may want to comment =20 further. Hope this helps. Cheers! Chris > > This one has somewhat the same markings as the above but the dorsal =20= > is an iridescent green (Unknown Beetle3) > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/58321572@N00/501442653/ > > Ignore the dust in the striations of the abdomen (Unknown Beetle2). > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/58321572@N00/501442653/ > > And this is the underside of the same beetle (Unknown Beetle2-=20 > Underside). > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/58321572@N00/501442653/ > > Finally this is a pic (not that sharp) of a beetle that flew by me =20 > and landed on the path (Unknown Beetle1). > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/58321572@N00/501442071/in/photostream/ > > Any help appreciated. > Angus _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.=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-88--801181787 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 Angus,<DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On = 16-May-07, at 9:08 PM, Angus MacLean wrote:</DIV><BR = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Following are a few pics of four identified = beetles.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">This is a distinctly marked beetle but I could not = find a match for it (Unknown Beetle4)..</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A = href=3D"http://www.flickr.com/photos/58321572@N00/501442653/">http://www.f= lickr.com/photos/58321572@N00/501442653/</A></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Unknown Beetle 4<SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span">=A0is=A0<I>Carabus nemoralis</I> M=FCller, a = large introduced European ground beetle first found in North America in = NB in 1870 and in NS in 1924. A very useful garden species, it preys to = an important degree on slugs and earthworms.</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span">The next three URL's (below) all go to this = same image, but the next picture in the sequence, Unknown Beetle 3a is = also a ground beetle (in the Carabidae), quite possibly=A0<I>Poecilus l. = lucublandus</I> (Say) (I can't quite make out enough detail to be sure). = It's a common and widespread native species in Nova Scotia that are = predators on a very wide variety of insects and = invertebrates.</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span">=A0Unknown Beetle 3 is also of=A0<I>Carabus = nemoralis</I>.</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span">=A0Unknown Beetle 2 is a female=A0<I>Dytiscus = verticalis</I> Say, one of the large species of predaceous Diving = Beetles (Dytiscidae). The females have prominent grooves on the elytra, = the better for the males to get a grip on them when = mating!=A0</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span">=A0Unknown Beetle 1 is a tiger beetle = (Cicindelinae). It looks to me like=A0<I>Cicindela l. longilabris</I> = Say, but Derek may want to comment further.</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Hope this = helps.</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"><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">This one has somewhat the same markings as the above = but the dorsal is an iridescent green (Unknown Beetle3)</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A = href=3D"http://www.flickr.com/photos/58321572@N00/501442653/">http://www.f= lickr.com/photos/58321572@N00/501442653/</A></DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: