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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-32--896278465 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Paul, They are definitely beetle larvae of the so-called "scarabaeoid type" (i.e., similar to scarab beetles). Due to their abundance and size, I favour June beetles (Phyllophaga sp. or Serica sp.) but it could also be something similar such as a lucanid (stag beetle) larva (Ceruchus piceus or Platycerus sp.), June beetle larvae are rhizophagous feeding on the roots of grasses and hence are abundant in fields. Lunacid larvae are saproxylic and are found in decaying wood (i.e., normally in forests). I'm expect that the Kestrel is foraging for food in fields and hence June beetle larvae are also good prospects in terms of habitat. If you can find and collect one of these larvae I'd be interested in seeing and identifying it. It's interesting information in relation to Kestrel diets. Cheers! Chris On 8-Apr-12, at 10:13 AM, Paul Evans wrote: > Thanks for the input and interest everyone (and for the comments on > the photos). > > I just went through my photos and posted several more zoomed in on > the insect in question -- just navigate to the last few images of > the gallery (they are severely cropped so I'm sorry for the image > quality): > > http://paulevans.smugmug.com/Other/Birding/12294505_TR9tJJ#! > i=1784616230&k=23DsmqR > > On the three sessions I photographed this bird it certainly was > making a meal of these. > > Paul > East Lawrencetown > > > From: Jim Edsall <jim.edsall@bellaliant.net> > Reply-To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2012 09:52:20 -0300 > To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] re grub and American Kestrel > > I likewise do not believe it is lepidopteran. My guess is June Bug, > they will come to the surface when it rains in the same way worms > do. this Kestrel probably just got lucky (and a giant shot of protein) > > Jim Edsall > Dartmouth, N.S. > check out my personal website at > http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/jim.edsall/ Christopher Majka <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada * Research Associate: Nova Scotia Museum | http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/research-asfr.htm * Review Editor: The Coleopterists Bulletin | http://www.coleopsoc.org/ * Subject Editor: ZooKeys | http://pensoftonline.net/zookeys/index.php/journal/index * Review Editor: Zootaxa | http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/taxa/Coleoptera.html * Associate Editor: Journal of the Acadian Entomological Society | http://www.acadianes.org/journal.html * Editor: Atlantic Canada Coleoptera | http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/PDF/index.html * Editor: Bugguide, Coleoptera http://bugguide.net Whenever I hear of the capture of rare beetles, I feel like an old war- horse at the sound of a trumpet. - Charles Darwin --Apple-Mail-32--896278465 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi = Paul,<div><br></div><div>They are definitely beetle larvae of the = so-called "scarabaeoid type" (i.e., similar to scarab beetles). Due to = their abundance and size, I favour June beetles = (<i>Phyllophaga</i> sp. or <i>Serica</i> sp.) but it = could also be something similar such as a lucanid (stag beetle) larva = (<i>Ceruchus piceus</i> or <i>Platycerus</i> sp.), June beetle = larvae are rhizophagous feeding on the roots of grasses and hence are = abundant in fields. Lunacid larvae are saproxylic and are found in = decaying wood (i.e., normally in forests). I'm expect that the Kestrel = is foraging for food in fields and hence June beetle larvae are also = good prospects in terms of habitat.</div><div><br></div><div>If you can = find and collect one of these larvae I'd be interested in seeing and = identifying it. It's interesting information in relation to Kestrel = diets.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers!</div><div><br></div><div>Chris</di= v><div><br><div><div>On 8-Apr-12, at 10:13 AM, Paul Evans = wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: = space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); = font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div>Thanks for the = input and interest everyone (and for the comments on the = photos). </div><div><br></div><div>I just went through my photos = and posted several more zoomed in on the insect in question -- just = navigate to the last few images of the gallery (they are severely = cropped so I'm sorry for the image quality):</div><div><br></div><div><a = href=3D"http://paulevans.smugmug.com/Other/Birding/12294505_TR9tJJ#!i=3D17= 84616230&k=3D23DsmqR">http://paulevans.smugmug.com/Other/Birding/12294= 505_TR9tJJ#!i=3D1784616230&k=3D23DsmqR</a></div><div><br></div><div>On= the three sessions I photographed this bird it certainly was making a = meal of these.</div><div><br></div><div>Paul</div><div>East = Lawrencetown</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><span = id=3D"OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style=3D"font-family:Calibri; = font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium = none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium = none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style=3D"font-weight:bold">From: </span> = Jim Edsall <<a = href=3D"mailto:jim.edsall@bellaliant.net">jim.edsall@bellaliant.net</a>>= ;<br><span style=3D"font-weight:bold">Reply-To: </span> <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>><br= ><span style=3D"font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Sun, 8 Apr 2012 09:52:20 = -0300<br><span style=3D"font-weight:bold">To: </span> <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>><br= ><span style=3D"font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> Re: [NatureNS] re = grub and American Kestrel<br></div><div><br></div><div><meta = content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3D"Content-Type"><meta name=3D"GENERATOR" content=3D"MSHTML = 9.00.8112.16441"><style></style><div bgcolor=3D"#ffffff"><div>I likewise = do not believe it is lepidopteran. My guess is June Bug, they will come = to the surface when it rains in the same way worms do. this Kestrel = probably just got lucky (and a giant shot of = protein)</div><div><br>Jim Edsall <br>Dartmouth, N.S.<br>check out my = personal website at <br><a = href=3D"http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/jim.edsall/">http://www3.ns.sympatico.= ca/jim.edsall/</a></div></div></div></span></div></blockquote></div><br></= div><br><br><div apple-content-edited=3D"true"> <span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; = font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; 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line-height: normal; = orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; = "><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><font class=3D"Apple-style-span"= size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; = ">Christopher Majka <<a = href=3D"mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca">c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca</a>> = | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada</span></font></div><div><font = class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-size: 12px; "><br></span></font></div><div><font = class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-size: 12px; ">* Research Associate: Nova Scotia Museum = | <a = href=3D"http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/research-asfr.htm">http://museum.gov.n= s.ca/mnh/research-asfr.htm</a></span></font></div><div><font = class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-size: 12px; ">* Review Editor: The Coleopterists Bulletin = | <a = href=3D"http://www.coleopsoc.org/">http://www.coleopsoc.org/</a></span></f= ont></div><div><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"3"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; ">* Subject Editor: = ZooKeys | <a = href=3D"http://pensoftonline.net/zookeys/index.php/journal/index">http://p= ensoftonline.net/zookeys/index.php/journal/index</a></span></font></div><d= iv><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"3"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; ">* Review Editor: = Zootaxa | <a = href=3D"http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/taxa/Coleoptera.html">http://www.ma= press.com/zootaxa/taxa/Coleoptera.html</a></span></font></div><div><font = class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-size: 12px; ">* Associate Editor: Journal of the Acadian = Entomological Society | <a = href=3D"http://www.acadianes.org/journal.html">http://www.acadianes.org/jo= urnal.html</a></span></font></div><div><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" = size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; = ">* Editor: Atlantic Canada Coleoptera | <a = href=3D"http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/PDF/index.html">http://w= ww.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/PDF/index.html</a></span></font></div><d= iv><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"3"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; ">* Editor: = Bugguide, Coleoptera <a = href=3D"http://bugguide.net">http://bugguide.net</a></span></font></div><d= iv><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"3"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; = "><br></span></font></div><div><i><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" = size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; = ">Whenever I hear of the capture of rare beetles, I feel like an = old war-horse at the sound of a trumpet.</span></font></i><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" = size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; = "> </span></font></span><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" = size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; = ">- = Charles Darwin</span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div= ></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span> = </div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-32--896278465--
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