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Beetle - Octinodes schaumi - male
Copyright © 2009 Elliotte Rusty Harold

Beetle - Octinodes schaumi - Male
Bommer Canyon, Orange County, California, USA
June 20, 2009
Size: ~1cm
Clinging to the stalk of a flower, had climbed almost to the top. Just maybe Arboreal Click Beetle (Euthysanius)?

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Contributed by Elliotte Rusty Harold on 20 June, 2009 - 6:44pm
Last updated 10 July, 2009 - 4:01pm

Moved
Moved from Click Beetles.
… v belov, 10 July, 2009 - 4:01pm

Oestodinae?
great find anyway
… v belov, 20 June, 2009 - 6:55pm

 
Octinodes schaumi (LeConte, 1
Octinodes schaumi (LeConte, 1853) - male
… Dennis Haines, 10 July, 2009 - 3:55pm

 
thanks a ton!
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… v belov, 10 July, 2009 - 3:59pm

 
Very nice.
Looks like you found plenty to shoot today. Perhaps I should have braved the "rain". (Well, I was doing tai chi in it.)
… Ron Hemberger, 20 June, 2009 - 7:33pm

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