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Rhopalidae, Harmostes sp. - Harmostes

Rhopalidae, Harmostes sp. - Harmostes
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, San Diego County, California, USA
March 13, 2007
Size: BL about 9 ,,
This handsome golden bug was seen in Borrego Palm Canyon on the leaf of a Brittlebush (Encelia farinosa). It looks like an Harmostes, a genus that has at least two gold species.