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iron cross blister beetle - Tegrodera erosa
Copyright © 2004 David Scriven

iron cross blister beetle - Tegrodera erosa
Lakeview Mountains, near Hemet, California, USA
June 5, 2004
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.
Contributed by David Scriven on 8 August, 2004 - 11:28pm
Last updated 21 December, 2006 - 6:57pm

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