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Hi Angus,

On 5-Sep-07, at 8:01 PM, Angus MacLean wrote:

> Hi Jeannie:
> Appears to be a Blister Beetle but the photo is very dark on my  
> screen. I'm unable to download it from your site or I could  
> brighten it up. Chris or David Webster will be able to tell you  
> more precisely.

Not a blister beetle, but a rove beetle (note the very short elytra  
leaving six abdominal segments exposed. In most blister beetles,  
[i.e. Epicauta and Lytta] the elytra covers the abdomen. Even in  
Meloe, only 4-5 abdominal segments are exposed and the elytral suture  
is not parallel but is widely divergent ), to whit Tasgius ater  
(Gravenhorst), an introduced European species.

> Did anyone identify the previous creature (photo # DSC9458??

This is a longhorn beetle, the round-header apple tree borer (Saperda  
candida Fabricius).

Cheers!

Chris

>
> Angus
>
> At 10:04 PM 9/2/2007, you wrote:
>> Can anyone tell me what this is.
>> Thank you
>> http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2693632720025930195dhKpnX
>> Jeannie Shermerhorn,Port Hawkesbury
>>
>> Cottage....Cape George,Cape Breton
>>
>>
>> jeannies@ns.sympatico.ca

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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>
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<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 =
5-Sep-07, at 8:01 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; ">Hi Jeannie:</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Appears to be =
a Blister Beetle but the photo is very dark on my screen. I'm unable to =
download it from your site or I could brighten it up. Chris or David =
Webster will be able to tell you more =
precisely.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR =
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span">Not a blister beetle, but a rove beetle (note =
the very short elytra leaving six abdominal segments exposed. In most =
blister beetles, [i.e. <I>Epicauta</I> and <I>Lytta</I>] the elytra =
covers the abdomen. Even in <I>Meloe</I>, only 4-5 abdominal segments =
are exposed and the elytral suture is not parallel but is widely =
divergent ), to whit=A0<I>Tasgius ater</I> (Gravenhorst), an introduced =
European species.</SPAN></DIV><BR><BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">Did anyone identify the previous creature (photo # =
DSC9458??</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR =
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span">This is a longhorn beetle, the round-header =
apple tree borer (<I>Saperda candida</I> =
Fabricius).</SPAN></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; ">Angus</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; ">At 10:04 PM 9/2/2007, you =
wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Can anyone =
tell me what this is.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Thank you</DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><A =
href=3D"http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2693632720025930195dhKpnX">http=
://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2693632720025930195dhKpnX</A></DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">Jeannie Shermerhorn,Port Hawkesbury</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; =
">Cottage....Cape George,Cape Breton</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; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><A =
href=3D"mailto:jeannies@ns.sympatico.ca">jeannies@ns.sympatico.ca</A></DIV=
> </BLOCKQUOTE></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 &lt;<A =
href=3D"mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca">c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca</A>