Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Nitidulid series » Short-winged Flower Beetles (Kateretidae) » Amartus » Amartus tinctus
Photo#510755
Ca Poppy Beetle 2 - Amartus tinctus
Copyright © 2011 Scott Peden

Ca Poppy Beetle 2 - Amartus tinctus
Bonny Doon, Back Ranch Rd, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
April 15, 2011
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by Scott Peden on 1 May, 2011 - 11:42am

Moved tentatively, pending expert ruling
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 1 May, 2011 - 11:52am login or register to post comments

 
ID confirmed by A.R. Cline
… v belov, 2 May, 2011 - 12:43pm login or register to post comments

a kateretid; not sure which one yet --will show around
not often photographed; Scott, please keep an eye out for them and try to take & post more pix
… v belov, 1 May, 2011 - 11:45am login or register to post comments

 
good news is
that 3 years and one month earlier, I had one of these in the same yard, probably within 100 feet of each other.

Now lets see if I can find one later in the year.
… Scott Peden, 5 May, 2011 - 1:07am login or register to post comments

 
just saw
your note. I'll look for them tomorrow, these are taking where I live and lots of bugs in poppy's, and this acreage is all old gardens.
… Scott Peden, 5 May, 2011 - 1:02am login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact