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Flower Beetle in Anza-Borrega - Eupompha elegans
Copyright © 2009 Elliotte Rusty Harold

Flower Beetle in Anza-Borrega - Eupompha elegans
Anza-Borrega State Park, San Diego County, California, USA
February 28, 2009
Size: ~1cm
Found this one in what I think was Desert Sunflower, Geraea canescens; but I'm not sure about that. In any case the area was a relatively green and blooming section of the Anza-Borrega Desert.
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Contributed by Elliotte Rusty Harold on 2 March, 2009 - 7:19am
Last updated 16 March, 2009 - 2:28pm

Its elegans -
E. elegans elegans, a form from Borrego and nearby.
… Hartmut Wisch, 16 March, 2009 - 2:28pm login or register to post comments

Blister beetle.
Family is Meloidae, not sure which genus.
… Eric R. Eaton, 2 March, 2009 - 1:28pm login or register to post comments

 
must be Eupompha elegans
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… v belov, 4 March, 2009 - 10:31am login or register to post comments

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