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A Population Study Of The Cave Beetle Neaphaenops Tellkampfi (Coleoptera, Carabidae) In Mushroom Cave, Hart County, Kentucky, Robert E. Bon Durant Sr.
A Population Study Of The Cave Beetle Neaphaenops Tellkampfi (Coleoptera, Carabidae) In Mushroom Cave, Hart County, Kentucky, Robert E. Bon Durant Sr.
Masters Theses
A two year census of the cave beetle Neaphaenops tellkampfi (Coleoptera, Carabidae) was conducted in Mushroom Cave, Hart County, Kentucky. Three methods were used to estimate populations of this beetle. A rise in population in certain areas of the cave was shown to occur in Mid-winter. The population as reported is felt to represent a portion of a much larger population which migrates toward the cave entrance beacuse of food shortages in winter with a summer movement back into deep cave habitat when the eggs of Hadenoecus subterraneus are plentiful.