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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Chrysochroinae » Chrysochroini » Nanularia » Nanularia obrienorum
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Nanularia obrienorum
Copyright © 2009 William Ericson

Nanularia obrienorum
Kern County, California, USA
July 20, 2009
Very pretty! Kind of elusive against the back drop of the evening shadows. Collected on Eriogonum. I found the best method of collecting them is to just sweep the plant instead of looking at each individual plant and their branches.
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Contributed by William Ericson on 5 September, 2009 - 12:06pm

That species was my next pic
That species was my next pic to post!
… Joshua P. Basham, 5 September, 2009 - 1:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Lol, EAT IT! Just kidding. I
Lol, EAT IT! Just kidding. I meant to post this for weeks, but work has had be bogged down!
… William Ericson, 5 September, 2009 - 10:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Same here! I just can't get a
Same here! I just can't get around to posting it and I keep retaking the pics.
… Joshua P. Basham, 6 September, 2009 - 8:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Too bad we couldn't keep the
Too bad we couldn't keep the waxy bloom on the specimens, but... they were fun to collect!
… Dennis Haines, 7 September, 2009 - 8:11pm login or register to post comments

 
For sure, they looked really
For sure, they looked really pretty with mottled yellow waxy bloom on metallic red. :) But it was fun collecting on that spur of the moment trip for Nanularia, it pays to be spontaneous! I think I have one specimen with some bloom.
… William Ericson, 7 September, 2009 - 11:18pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… William Ericson, 5 September, 2009 - 12:08pm login or register to post comments

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