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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Case-bearing Leaf Beetles (Cryptocephalinae)
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Unidentified 'bits', #4
Copyright © 2011 Scott Peden

Unidentified 'bits', #4
Big Basin Redwoods State Park, Headquarters area, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
March 12, 2011
My size guessing is bad. I'd say about 2 mm,it is on top of a redwood post about 36" above the ground.

Spider egg sack?
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Contributed by Scott Peden on 31 May, 2011 - 1:20am
Last updated 4 July, 2011 - 10:13am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Charley Eiseman, 4 July, 2011 - 10:13am login or register to post comments

This one...
bears some resemblance to the egg shown here. Should be made of excrement rather than sand, though, if it's a cryptocephaline egg.
… Charley Eiseman, 4 July, 2011 - 7:41am login or register to post comments

 
also
I have had some case bearing beetles in this area.
About thanksgiving I'll have a year checking out the fauna on these posts, though only 1-3 times a month.
… Scott Peden, 4 July, 2011 - 10:32am login or register to post comments

 
yes
I agree that this looks more like excrescent then sand.

Thank You!
… Scott Peden, 4 July, 2011 - 10:00am login or register to post comments

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