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Black Rain Beetle (Pleocoma puncticollis),  Del Mar, CA, 12-3-14 - Pleocoma puncticollis

Black Rain Beetle (Pleocoma puncticollis), Del Mar, CA, 12-3-14 - Pleocoma puncticollis
Torrey Pines Extension, Del Mar, San Diego County, California, USA
December 13, 2014
This individual was found in Del Mar, San Diego County, California at dawn beneath a streetlight struggling on its back on the wet road following rains that had totaled 0.9" in the preceding 24-hour period. It was the first soaking rain of the season. Note the clypeal tubercles have been broken off, presumably as a result of near-predation or a severe collision.

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Black Rain Beetle (Pleocoma puncticollis),  Del Mar, CA, 12-3-14 - Pleocoma puncticollis Black Rain Beetle (Pleocoma puncticollis),  Del Mar, CA, 12-3-14 - Pleocoma puncticollis Black Rain Beetle (Pleocoma puncticollis),  Del Mar, CA, 12-3-14 - Pleocoma puncticollis