Cedar Creek
Natural History Area


Insects of Cedar Creek

Order COLEOPTERA

Family CIIDAE

(Minute Tree-fungus Beetles)

Larvae and adults of these small beetles (1-3 mm) resemble Scolytids and live in shelf fungi and rotten wood. Of the 85 NA species in this family, Minnesota has representatives of the following genera:  Cis, Ennearthron, Xestocis...  Not collected at Cedar Creek.


jhaar@lter.umn.edu Last updated May, 2000