The predatory behavior of Lonchaea corticis Taylor on the white pine weevil, Pissodes strobi Peck, in Sitka spruce, Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr., was studied by temporal sampling and dissection of terminal leaders, and by laboratory experiments. L. cort

Insects associated with the Sitka spruce weevil,Pissodes strobi (Peck), on Sitka spruce,Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr. were sampled at 9 locations in British Columbia. Fourteen species of hymenoptera, 3 diptera, and 1 psocopteran were found associated with the weevil. Samples were dominated by the lonchaeid predator,Lonchaea corticis Taylor, and to a lesser extent by the braconid parasitoid,Allodorus crassigaster (Prov.).