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style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: <html> <body> Thanks, Chris. I knew "Beetle 2" was a Diving Beetle but could not find a match in books or on the Net. I once had a Diving Beetle land on my bare chest and bite!! In my experience they fly around quite a bit in the evenings and may land on anything.<br> Angus<br><br> At 11:38 PM 5/16/2007, you wrote:<br> <blockquote type=3Dcite class=3Dcite cite=3D"">Hi Angus,<br><br> On 16-May-07, at 9:08 PM, Angus MacLean wrote:<br><br> <blockquote type=3Dcite class=3Dcite cite=3D"">Following are a few pics of f= our identified beetles.<br><br> This is a distinctly marked beetle but I could not find a match for it (Unknown Beetle4)..<br><br> <a href=3D"http://www.flickr.com/photos/58321572@N00/501442653/"> http://www.flickr.com/photos/58321572@N00/501442653/</a></blockquote><br> Unknown Beetle 4 is <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.<br><br> 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 <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.<br><br> Unknown Beetle 3 is also of <i>Carabus nemoralis</i>.<br><br> Unknown Beetle 2 is a female <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! <br><br> Unknown Beetle 1 is a tiger beetle (Cicindelinae). It looks to me like <i>Cicindela l. longilabris</i> Say, but Derek may want to comment further.<br><br> Hope this helps.<br><br> Cheers!<br><br> Chris<br><br> <blockquote type=3Dcite class=3Dcite cite=3D""><br> This one has somewhat the same markings as the above but the dorsal is an iridescent green (Unknown Beetle3)<br><br> <a href=3D"http://www.flickr.com/photos/58321572@N00/501442653/"> http://www.flickr.com/photos/58321572@N00/501442653/</a><br><br> Ignore the dust in the striations of the abdomen (Unknown Beetle2).<br><br> <a href=3D"http://www.flickr.com/photos/58321572@N00/501442653/"> http://www.flickr.com/photos/58321572@N00/501442653/</a><br><br> And this is the underside of the same beetle (Unknown Beetle2-Underside).<br><br> <a href=3D"http://www.flickr.com/photos/58321572@N00/501442653/"> http://www.flickr.com/photos/58321572@N00/501442653/</a><br><br> Finally this is a pic (not that sharp) of a beetle that flew by me and landed on the path (Unknown Beetle1).<br><br> <a href=3D"http://www.flickr.com/photos/58321572@N00/501442071/in/photostrea= m/"> http://www.flickr.com/photos/58321572@N00/501442071/in/photostream/</a> <br><br> Any help appreciated.<br> Angus</blockquote><br> <font face=3D"Times, Times"> _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.<b= r> </font><br> <font face=3D"Times, Times">Christopher Majka - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History<br> </font><br> <font face=3D"Times, Times">1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6<br> </font><br> <font face=3D"Times, Times">(902) 424-6435 Email <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca ><br> </font><br> <font face=3D"Times, Times"> _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.<b= r> </font></blockquote></body> </html>
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