Carabid Beetles Damage Douglas-Fir Seed

31 July 1958

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology

Vol. 51 (4) , 542-544
https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/51.4.542a

Abstract

Damage to the seed of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii Mirb. Franco) other than that typically caused by mice and shrews was noted in western Washington. A carabid beetle (Harpalus cautus Dejean) found with the damaged seed in the field readily fed on Douglas-fir seed in the laboratory causing identical damage to that noted outdoors.

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