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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles (Tenebrionoidea) » Blister Beetles (Meloidae) » Iron Cross Blister Beetle (Tegrodera) » Tegrodera erosa
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iron cross blister beetle - Tegrodera erosa
Copyright © 2003 David Scriven

iron cross blister beetle - Tegrodera erosa
Lakeview Mountains, near Hemet, California, USA
July 26, 2003
Tegrodera erosa erosa

on sapphire woolstar (Eriastrum sapphirinum)

approx. 3 cm

These large, colorful beetles appear in June and July in the Lakeview Mountains, in fairly large numbers, but only in patches of the sapphire woolstar.
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Contributed by David Scriven on 8 August, 2004 - 11:19pm
Last updated 21 December, 2006 - 6:58pm

Nice picture!
This is Tegrodera erosa erosa. It is found in coastal southern California and adjacent foothills: also Baja California Norte. Tegrodera latecincta is found in the Antelope and Owens Valleys.
… Art Evans, 27 August, 2004 - 11:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks a lot. Edits made.
… David Scriven, 28 August, 2004 - 10:25am login or register to post comments

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