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Beetles - Coelocnemis - male - female
Copyright © 2005 kennerly

Beetles - Coelocnemis - Male Female
Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles County, California, USA
April 8, 2005
Size: 1 1/2 inches
Tenebrionid (darkling) beetles, photographed in Will Rogers State Park
Contributed by kennerly on 19 April, 2005 - 3:25pm
Last updated 31 October, 2009 - 4:47pm

Moved
Moved from Darkling Beetles.
… Boris Büche, 2 April, 2007 - 6:56am

Coelocnemis?
This is a mating pair, probably a species of Coelocnemis. They can get quite large, and resemble Eleodes at first glance. I have found Coelocnemis californica in pine forest habitat in eastern Oregon. Don't know the habitat you photographed these in.
… Eric R. Eaton, 19 April, 2005 - 8:11pm

 
Coelocnemis
These beetles were in a fairly arrid place in Will Rogers Park, just above Sunset Blvd. in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles County. This wasn't a desert area, although I understand these beetles are common in the Namib.
… kennerly, 19 April, 2005 - 11:22pm

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