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Tricrania stansburyi - female
Copyright © 2008 Dennis Haines

Tricrania stansburyi - Female
Camp Wishon Road, Tulare County, California, USA
Size: ca. 13 mm.
Meloidae

This beautiful beetle came out of the stump of a Chamise bush riddled with holes from wood-boring beetles. The old exit holes have been used by bees for nesting sites.

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Contributed by Dennis Haines on 26 January, 2008 - 5:40pm
Last updated 28 January, 2008 - 6:26pm

Nice addition!
From all I have heard, these are not very commonly seen. Nice work!
… Eric R. Eaton, 28 January, 2008 - 3:01pm login or register to post comments

 
They are uncommonly encounter
They are uncommonly encountered, so I was excited to see her come out of the wood. Equally exciting would be to get the bee host association. So I await more emergence from the ligno-tuber.
… Dennis Haines, 28 January, 2008 - 3:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Bee
Did you ever figure out what kind of bee was involved here?
… Charley Eiseman, 23 January, 2009 - 6:27am login or register to post comments

 
The only bee to emerge was a
The only bee to emerge was a large dark blue Osmia (Megachilidae). I also got a Sapygidae from the wood. The Osmia were using the old exit holes of Polycaon stoutii (Bostrichidae) as nesting sites.
… Dennis Haines, 23 January, 2009 - 9:52am login or register to post comments

Moved
to a new species page.
… tom murray, 26 January, 2008 - 6:19pm login or register to post comments

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