The Derodontidae, Dermestidae, Bostrichidae, and Anobiidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera: Bostrichiformia) Author Majka, Christopher G. text Zootaxa 2007 2007-09-03 1573 1 1 38 https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1573.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.1573.1.1 1175­5334 5096635 FC4FD3BC-9297-49A3-9C91-FE272021F682 Reesa vespulae (Milliron, 1939) NOVA SCOTIA : Halifax Co. : Halifax , 7.v.1981 , 13.v.1981 , 21.v.1981 , 15.vi.1981 , 1.v.1983 , and 24.v.1983 , B. Wright , (25), NSMC ; Halifax , 14.i.1991 , R. Grantham , (2), NSMC ; Lake Egmont , 20.vi.1990 , E. Parker , NSMC . PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND : Queens Co. : Charlottetown , 4.vii.1986 , 1.viii.2000 , and summer 1998, M.E.M. Smith , (7), ACPE ; Charlottetown , 1.vii.1986 , L.S. Thompson , ACPE . Newly recorded in Nova Scotia ( Fig. 3 ). Found in the northern states in the USA ( Beal 2003 ); in Canada recorded across the country from British Columbia and the Northwest Territories east to Newfoundland. A minor pest of insect and plant collections, occasionally found in granaries and dwellings ( Bousquet 1990 ). In natural circumstances it is a scavenger of dead insects and spiders in wasp nests ( Beal 1967 ).