Notes on Cynipid Galls, Ground Beetles and Ground-dwelling Spiders Collected at Fort Severn, Ontario

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Shorthouse, Joseph D., Goulet, Henri, Shorthouse, David P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2003
• Subjects: cynipid galls; wild roses; ground beetles; ground-dwelling spiders; Fort Severn; galles de cynips; rosiers aciculaires; carabes; araignées terricoles; Fosse; Severn River; Arctic
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63670

A brief collecting trip to Fort Severn, Ontario (55°59' N, 87°38' W), in May 2001 revealed galls of three species of cynipid wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) on the wild rose Rosa acicularis. Roses and cynipid galls occur along the banks of the Severn River above the tree line because of cla...