BEETLES of the Boundary Bay area ~ a very initial list
We need to add to this list. Observations welcomed!
Scientific Name Common Name Location Source
Agonum belleri Beller’s ground beetle Burns Bog SEM
Agonum mutatum Ground beetle sp. Burns Bog RK
Agonum muelleri Burns Bog RK
Agonum ferruginosum Burns Bog RK
Omus audouini Tiger Beetle species Boundary Bay old field habitat near airport GS
Cerambycidae sp. Long-horned Beetle Point Roberts Alder boring beetle DB
Coccinellidae Seven spotted Ladybug common in Boundary Bay Regional Park AM
Coccinellidae 12 spotted Ladybug Boundary Bay Reg Pk AM
Cyphon padi Burns Bog RK
Cyphon exiguus Burns Bog RK
Hydroporus subpubescens Burns Bog RK
Chaetocnema confinis “appears to be new to BC”
Ipelates latus Rare.
Rhagonycha fulva Soldier Beetle Burns Bog IL
Aridius australicus Rare. “appears to be new to Canada” .
Silphidae sp. Carrion Beetle Panorama AM
Seven spotted ladybugs seen feeding regularly on lomatium in Boundary Bay park.
Sources
DB David Blevins - see photo in A Nature Guide to Boundary Bay.
GS Geoff Scudder 1994
RK Rex Kenner in Burns Bog Ecosystem Review
SEM Spencer Ecological Museum
IL Ian Lane in Disc.vol 23, no 3 1994
AM Anne Murray
We need to add to this list. Observations welcomed!
Scientific Name Common Name Location Source
Agonum belleri Beller’s ground beetle Burns Bog SEM
Agonum mutatum Ground beetle sp. Burns Bog RK
Agonum muelleri Burns Bog RK
Agonum ferruginosum Burns Bog RK
Omus audouini Tiger Beetle species Boundary Bay old field habitat near airport GS
Cerambycidae sp. Long-horned Beetle Point Roberts Alder boring beetle DB
Coccinellidae Seven spotted Ladybug common in Boundary Bay Regional Park AM
Coccinellidae 12 spotted Ladybug Boundary Bay Reg Pk AM
Cyphon padi Burns Bog RK
Cyphon exiguus Burns Bog RK
Hydroporus subpubescens Burns Bog RK
Chaetocnema confinis “appears to be new to BC”
Ipelates latus Rare.
Rhagonycha fulva Soldier Beetle Burns Bog IL
Aridius australicus Rare. “appears to be new to Canada” .
Silphidae sp. Carrion Beetle Panorama AM
Seven spotted ladybugs seen feeding regularly on lomatium in Boundary Bay park.
Sources
DB David Blevins - see photo in A Nature Guide to Boundary Bay.
GS Geoff Scudder 1994
RK Rex Kenner in Burns Bog Ecosystem Review
SEM Spencer Ecological Museum
IL Ian Lane in Disc.vol 23, no 3 1994
AM Anne Murray
| Annex Site for A Nature Guide to Boundary Bay by Anne Murray with photographs by David Blevins |
