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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Tenebrioninae » Helopini » Helops » Helops confluens
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Teneb - Helops confluens
Copyright © 2017 James Bailey

Teneb - Helops confluens
Nix Nature Center, Orange County, California, USA
July 22, 2017
Larger than Blapstinus I usually see.

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Contributed by James Bailey on 24 July, 2017 - 8:51pm
Last updated 17 December, 2018 - 7:24pm

Moved tentatively; nice one... hope we see sharper pics
a very speciose genus in CA, but just a few are that hairy and coarsely punctate

Moved from Darkling Beetles.
… v belov, 17 December, 2018 - 7:24pm login or register to post comments

 
My camera doesn't seem to do much better than this
If there is some setting combination that produces any sharper images, I'd love to know though...

https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/9281428/original.jpeg
… James Bailey, 18 December, 2018 - 7:15pm login or register to post comments

 
sorry, can't help... i'm a photography dummy
have never even tried, frankly...
but there are so many great photographers contributing to BG and elsewhere, they would certainly be able to give good advice
… v belov, 18 December, 2018 - 7:22pm login or register to post comments

… James Bailey, 27 July, 2018 - 11:28pm login or register to post comments

maybe Eleodes littoralis
picture a little too fuzzy to be sure. I'm confident its not Apsena or one of the Opatrini.
… tenebboy, 17 November, 2017 - 12:07am login or register to post comments

 
Eleodes littoralis
There's another hairy Eleodes to look out for? Now I'm going to have to go back and review the "nigropilosus" I've been seeing.

My one here looks much too narrow for littoralis, if this shape is any guide:
… James Bailey, 17 November, 2017 - 12:57am login or register to post comments

 
Does look too elongated to be E.littoralis IMO...
I mean E.littoralis is one of the more narrow Eleodes, but all of the individuals I've seen of that species still look a lot more rotund than this little guy/gal.
… Hisserdude, 18 November, 2017 - 9:41pm login or register to post comments

 
i have a few skinny littoralis.
frankly size is a better indicator
… tenebboy, 24 July, 2018 - 10:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Fuzzy!?
Nooo, this is in perfect focus :)

What sort of details are you looking for specifically on this beetle?
… James Bailey, 17 November, 2017 - 12:56am login or register to post comments

 
only if you have "editor" status
the rest of humanity gets really blurry images
… tenebboy, 24 July, 2018 - 10:37pm login or register to post comments

 
after looking at this some more ...
I'm now thinking Helops. Were I able to see those razor sharp images, I might be able to see if the eyes were elongate and protruding. There is a species of Helops that occurs in coastal southern California that matches size and general appearance.
… tenebboy, 27 July, 2018 - 11:13pm login or register to post comments

Moved, Apsena sp. ??
Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 25 July, 2017 - 6:17am login or register to post comments

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