Trichodes nutalli (Kirby, 1818)

NEW BRUNSWICK: Northumberland Co.: Portage Island, 5.viii.2004, S. Blaney, shoreline on Solidago sempervirens L., CGMC. NOVA SCOTIA: Kings Co.: Kentville, 15.v.1999, C. Sheffield, intercepted from Saskatchewan, ACNS.

Newly recorded in New Brunswick (Figure 7). In Nova Scotia intercepted in association with Palearctic alfalfa leafcutter bees ( Megachile rotundata (Fabricius)) ( Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) imported from Saskatchewan. Trichodes nutalli does not appear to be established in Nova Scotia. Adults of Trichodes are often found on a variety of flowers where they feed, mate, and oviposit; the larvae are predators in nests of bees and wasps (Knull 1951, Opitz 2002).