The ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada: review of collecting, new records, and observations on composition, zoogeography, and historical origins Author Majka, Christopher G. Author Bousquet, Yves Author Westby, Susan text Zootaxa 2007 1590 1 36 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.273915 3c260fb5-9519-4a0e-8a62-de99f2840831 1175-5326 273915 Poecilus chalcites (Say) Deserving of attention is the record of Poecilus chalcites reported from Fredericton, NB ( 1992–1995 ) by Boiteau et al. (2000) . This species was not included in the compendium of New Brunswick carabid fauna compiled by Goulet & Bousquet (2004) . Found in cultivated fields planted with many crops, rangelands, pastures, meadows, lawns, vacant lots, gravel pits, roadsides, orchards, open forests, and near water on open moist ground. Adults feed on Lepidoptera caterpillars, flies, wasps, other insects, fungi, and vegetable material ( Larochelle & Larivière 2003 ).