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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-63-274186203 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed 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 _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. 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-63-274186203 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 = 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 <<A = href=3D"mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca">c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca</A>