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Orange and Black Blister Beetle - Eupompha elegans
Copyright © 2008 Lynette Schimming

Orange and Black Blister Beetle - Eupompha elegans
Desert Hot Springs, Riverside County, California, USA
April 1, 2008
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Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 10 April, 2008 - 7:25pm
Last updated 2 May, 2008 - 8:39am

Moved
Thanks Hartmut.
… Lynette Schimming, 2 May, 2008 - 8:39am login or register to post comments

Hello Lynette,
Your beetle is Eupompha elegans , munching on Malacothrix glabrata (Desert Dandelion). I just posted a couple of those, though I had been looking for a pollen wasp (Pseudomasaris maculifrons) I had seen a week ago; no luck with the latter.
… Hartmut Wisch, 2 May, 2008 - 12:34am login or register to post comments

Great bunch of images/species
you're getting in the desert, Lynette. Wish I was there.
… Jim McClarin, 11 April, 2008 - 5:35am login or register to post comments

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