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Index of Subjects Thank you Chris! Jeannie Shermerhorn,Port Hawkesbury Cottage....Cape George,Cape Breton "Let us permit Nature to have her way; she understands her business better than we do." - Michel de Montaigne jeannies@ns.sympatico.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Majka" <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 5:19 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] beetle ? > Hi Jeannie, > > This is a longhorn beetle (despite having relatively short "horns", > i.e., antennae) in the family Cerambycidae, called Asemum striatum > (L.). It is a very common and widely distributed longhorn beetle in > the region (it is found throughout Nova Scotia) associated with > various species of decaying conifers, especially pine. This specimen > looks to have a moderate number of epiphytic uropodid mites attached > to it. > > There is some information on their biology at: > > http://www.forestpests.org/poland/pinelongasemum.html > > And some photographs located at: > > http://www.zin.ru/animalia/Coleoptera/eng/asestrob.htm > > Did you find it in Port Hawkesbury or Cape George? > > Cheers! > > Chris > > On 17-Jun-08, at 4:23 PM, Jeannie wrote: > >> Hi,Can someone ID this beetle for me. >> Thank you >> http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2251366890025930195VQJJKn >> Jeannie Shermerhorn,Port Hawkesbury >> >> Cottage....Cape George,Cape Breton >> >> "Let us permit Nature to have her way; she understands her business >> better than we do." - Michel de Montaigne >> jeannies@ns.sympatico.ca > > Christopher Majka > Nova Scotia Museum, 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H > 3A6 > c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.3.0/1505 - Release Date: 16/06/2008 7:20 AM
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