Abstract

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>An intense forest fire destroyed a spruce (<jats:italic>Picea</jats:italic> spp.) stand in Agassiz Provincial Forest, Manitoba in May 1981. From 1 week following the fire, throughout the summer of 1981 and of 1982, carabid beetles were collected by pitfall trapping and standardized searches at weekly intervals. In all, 241 beetles of 24 species were collected. <jats:italic>Agonum obsoletum</jats:italic> Say and <jats:italic>A. quadripunctatum</jats:italic> De Geer were found; both species are known to be attracted to fires. <jats:italic>A. quadripunctatum</jats:italic> reproduced in the site in 1981 but there is no evidence that it did so in 1982. <jats:italic>A. obsoletum</jats:italic> was found in the study site only during the first 3 weeks after the fire. Evidence is presented to show that <jats:italic>Harpalus laticeps</jats:italic> LeConte is a characteristic species of forests after fire.</jats:p>