Cedar Creek
Natural History Area
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Insects of Cedar Creek
Order COLEOPTERA
Family NITIDULIDAE
(Sap Beetles)
More than 10 species of Sap Beetles (183 NA spp) have been collected at
Cedar Creek. The most conspicuous are red-and-black species of Glischrochilus
(3 spp--fasciatus, sanguinolentus, sp) found
on tree sap and picnic melons. Carpophilus
sp is a tiny brachypterous Nitidulid found in abundance on Prunus
and
Amelanchier blooms in the spring. Colopterus
sp also collected. Two uncommon species of fields are Boreades
abdominalis and Brachypterolus
pulicarius. Brachypterus urticae is an
uncommon species found on Nettle (Urtica sp). Omosita
colon,
Phenolia grossa,
and
Stelidota geminata occur on fungi. A number of undetermined
specimens in the collection.
Several genera occur in Minnesota that have not yet been collected at
Cedar Creek. They include: Cateretes, Meligethes, Conotelus,
Cychramus, Epuraea, Nitidula, Prometopia, Lobiopa, Amphicrossus, Pocadius,
Cyllodes, Cryptarcha, Cybocephalus...
I thank Michele Price (U/WI Madison) for pointing out some errors in
identification. Not all have been corrected yet, and I've some images
to add.