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Beetle - Anchomma costatum

Beetle - Anchomma costatum
Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
April 2, 2015
Size: ~3mm
Found in sandy Burton Mesa chaparral habitat. Found within a column of velvety tree ants (Liometopum occidentale), the ants ignored the beetles

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Beetle - Anchomma costatum Velvety Tree Ants with Anchomma costatum - Liometopum occidentale

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Looks like these are a known ant associate per Bulletin - Southern California Academy of Sciences, Volumes 1-2: https://books.google.com/books?id=QFRW3cPaJHEC&pg=PA71&lpg=PA71&dq=Anchomma+costatum&source=bl&ots=09JiJwwRZF&sig=Hj1FxqaE1fLOjazSbrsAlr6xNow&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5iAeVaDrJMPqoATT3YDIDQ&ved=0CC0Q6AEwBjgK#v=onepage&q=Anchomma%20costatum&f=false. Maybe the beetles were following the ants to their new nest?

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