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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Metallic Wood Boring Beetles (Buprestoidea) » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Buprestinae » Anthaxia
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Black Beetles mating in Hypochaeris - Anthaxia - male - female
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Black Beetles mating in Hypochaeris - Anthaxia - Male Female
Cupertino, Picchetti Ranch section of Monte Bello Open Space Preserve, Santa Clara County, California, USA
May 15, 2008
Size: ~16-18 mm
A pair of black Coleoptera mating in False Dandelion, Hypochaeris sp. Part of the male/female coupling apparatus can be seen. Family/genus/species?
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Contributed by iNaturalist on 30 September, 2008 - 10:13am
Last updated 5 October, 2008 - 8:59am

Buprestidae, Anthaxia sp.
Buprestidae, Anthaxia sp.
… Dennis Haines, 2 October, 2008 - 7:01pm login or register to post comments

family/genus OK, but sp. not likely
Look at
… Phillip Harpootlian, 30 September, 2008 - 10:33am login or register to post comments

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