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Diabolical Ironclad Beetle (Phloeodes diabolicus)
Photo#196771
Copyright © 2008
Hartmut Wisch
Nosoderma diabolicum -
Phloeodes diabolicus
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, Los Angeles County, California, USA
June 20, 2008
Size: 22 mm
Collected (6/20/08) in remnant Southern Oak Woodland at the gardens.
Currently in my live collection, and photographed 7/2/08.
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Contributed by
Hartmut Wisch
on 2 July, 2008 - 5:39pm
I've still got mine from Christmas.
It's in a container full of various teneb. species, some of which have proven quite prolific, their larvae scampering all over in the container. I toss some rolled oats in one end of the container and squirt a little water in the other end every so often.
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Jim McClarin
, 2 July, 2008 - 8:35pm
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Rolled oats -
hey that's a great idea, Jim! Thanks!
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Hartmut Wisch
, 2 July, 2008 - 11:56pm
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