[NatureNS] pigskin purple puffballs, Jap. knotweed & honey bees, etc.

From: Christopher Majka <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca>
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Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2011 21:05:31 -0300
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Hi Jim,

On 3-Sep-11, at 7:16 PM, James W. Wolford wrote:

> On Sept. 3 I revisited these puffballs, just north of the warehouse  
> that now houses the Wolfville Farm Market), and several of them show  
> small bored tunnels with circular exterior holes, about 1 mm. in  
> diameter, vertically down into their interiors.  I wonder what made  
> these?

Well, of course, it could be many things, however, one possibility is  
an endomychid beetle called Lycoperdina ferruginea LeConte which, as  
it's name indicates, specializes in feeding on puffballs. Below are  
pictures of the adult and larva:

	http://www.insectimages.org/browse/subthumb.cfm?sub=16123
	http://www.zin.ru/Animalia/Coleoptera/rus/olyly344.htm

All the best!

Chris


Christopher Majka  <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> | Halifax, Nova Scotia,  
Canada

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