48 BANISTERIA NO. 27, 2006 Banisteria, Number 27, 2006 Stenolophus ochropezus (Say) 1 © 2006 by the Virginia Natural History Society Bradycellus tantillus (Dejean) 2 Harpalus caliginosus (Eabr.) 1 COLLECTING INSECTS ON EENCE POST EEOOD Harpalus compar Casey 3 REEUGES - Insects are instinctively programmed to Harpalus fulgens Csiki 1 avoid drowning, and it is a venerable collecting technique Calathus opaculus EeConte 1 to flush out streamside beetles by splashing or pouring Agonum palustre Goulet 1 water on their habitats to simulate rising waters. Thus Agonum punctiforme (Say) 2 deceived, the creatures break from concealment and in Colliurus pennsylvanicus (Dejean) 1 rushing for higher ground easily fall victim to the collector’s grasp. I here record an interesting variation on Heteropterans are represented by 14 species in seven the “high water escape” behavior that shows some families, listed here alphabetically. potential as a collecting technique, albeit one that is optional only under exceptional conditions. Coreidae: In Eebruary, 2006, Robert S. Hogan presented Archimerus alternatus (Say) 1 VMNH’s Department of Recent Invertebrates with a small jar containing many specimens of insects preserved in Corimelaenidae: isopropyl alcohol. The origin of this sample, as explained Corimelaena lateralis (Eabricius) 2 by Mr. Hogan, reflects what I suspect must be a novel Galgupha (undetermined) 1 collecting opportunity. On 28 September 2004, Eittle Creek, which flows through a pasture in front of his Cydnidae: residence, overflowed its banks and inundated the field for Pangaeus bilineatus (Say) 1 several hours. After its recession, Mr. Hogan walked over the land and happened to notice a variety of insects Eygaeidae: clinging to wooden fence posts above the high water line. Belonochilus numenius (Say) 1 As a long-time friend of the museum, he captured and Drymus crassus VanDuzee 1 preserved as many specimens as he could. Eventually the Heraeus plebejus (Say) 1 material was prepared and the species of some taxa were Myodacha serripes (Say) 1 identified. I give here lists of the carabid beetles and Pseudopachybrachius basalis (Say) 1 terrestrial Heteroptera to show the diversity represented. Actually, the fence posts accumulated as much variety as Nabidae: one might expect from a pitfall trap line operated in the Nabis sp. (Indet. nymph) 1 same area. The collection site is in Eranklin County about 2.5 Pentatomidae: miles (4 km) south of Boones Mill on Rt. 693, about 1.0 Cosmopepla bimaculata (Thomas) 2 mile (1.6 km) west of its intersection with Rt. 919. Euschistus servus (Say) 4 The following list of carabids follows the sequence in Proxys punctulatus (Palisot de Beauvois) 1 the catalog of Bousquet & Earochelle (1993), and the number of individuals secured is shown following each Reduviidae: species name. Most are common ruderal or streamside Oncerotrachelus acuminatus (Say) 2 species, but all are new county records and one is not frequently encountered in Virginia. EITERATURE CITED Coleoptera: Carabidae: Bousquet, Y., & A. Earochelle. 1993. Catalogue of the Nebria pallipes Say 2 Geadephaga (Coleoptera: Trachypachidae, Rhysodidae, Patrobus longicornis Say 1 Carabidae including Cicindelini) of America north of Pterostichus corvinus (Dejean) 1 Mexico. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Amara exarata Dejean 2 Canada 167: 1-397. Amara familiaris (Duftschmidt) 3 Amara impuncticollis (Say) 1 Richard E. Hoffman Anisodactylus rusticus (Say) 1 Virginia Museum of Natural History Amphasia interstitialis (Say) 1 Martinsville, Virginia 24112