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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-449--543621571 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Jim, On 26-Sep-11, at 4:19 PM, James W. Wolford wrote: > Susan Hauer is a friend in Wolfville and asks the question in the > subject line. Can anyone out there answer? birds? mammals? > insects? Thanks for any input. Jim in Wolfville. There are several leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) in our area that feed on Daucus carota including: Acalymma vittata (Fabricius) Capraita subvittata (Horn) Charidotella sexpunctata bicolor (Fabricius) Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi Barber Diachus auratus (Fabricius) Epitrix cucumeris (Harris) Phyllotreta striolata (Fabricius) Systena frontalis (Fabricius) In the main they feed on foliage; I'm not sure if any of them feed on seeds. There are also a couple of seed weevils: Acanthoscelides obtectus (Say) Megacerus discoideus (Say) That have been recorded on the foliage of D. carota, but I'm not aware of records of them feeding on the seeds. Cheers! Chris 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-449--543621571 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 Jim,<div><br><div><div>On = 26-Sep-11, at 4:19 PM, James W. Wolford wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div>Susan = Hauer is a friend in Wolfville and asks the question in the subject = line. Can anyone out there answer? birds? mammals? insects? = Thanks for any input. Jim in = Wolfville.<br></div></blockquote></div><br></div><div>There are several = leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) in our area that feed on <i>Daucus = carota</i> including:</div><div><br></div><div><i><span = class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre"> </span>Acalymma = vittata</i> (Fabricius)</div><div><i><span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" = style=3D"white-space:pre"> </span>Capraita subvittata</i> = (Horn)</div><div><i><span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" = style=3D"white-space:pre"> </span>Charidotella sexpunctata bicolor = </i>(Fabricius)</div><div><div><i><span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" = style=3D"white-space:pre"> </span>Diabrotica undecimpunctata = howardi </i>Barber</div></div><div><i><span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" = style=3D"white-space:pre"> </span>Diachus auratus</i> = (Fabricius)</div><div><i><span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" = style=3D"white-space:pre"> </span>Epitrix cucumeris</i> = (Harris)</div><div><i><span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" = style=3D"white-space:pre"> </span>Phyllotreta striolata</i> = (Fabricius)</div><div><i><span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" = style=3D"white-space:pre"> </span>Systena frontalis</i> = (Fabricius)</div><div><br></div><div>In the main they feed on foliage; = I'm not sure if any of them feed on = seeds. </div><div><br></div><div>There are also a couple of seed = weevils:</div><div><br></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" = style=3D"white-space:pre"> </span><i>Acanthoscelides obtectus</i> = (Say)</div><div><span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre"> = </span><i>Megacerus discoideus </i>(Say)</div><div><br></div><div>That = have been recorded on the foliage of <i>D. carota</i>, but I'm not aware = of records of them feeding on the = seeds.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers!</div><div><br></div><div>Chris</di= v><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; 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; "><spa