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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) » Cryptocephalini » Cryptocephalina » Cryptocephalus » Cupressi group (Cryptocephalus Cupressi group) » Cryptocephalus castaneus
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ID for a colorful beetle? - Cryptocephalus castaneus
Copyright © 2011 Nancy Hamlett

ID for a colorful beetle? - Cryptocephalus castaneus
Claremont, Los Angeles County, California, USA
June 21, 2011
This small maroon and orange beetle was spotted on Willow (Salix sp.) at the Claremont Colleges' Robert J. Bernard Biological Field Station. Any information about its identity will be greatly appreciated!

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ID for a colorful beetle? - Cryptocephalus castaneus ID for a colorful beetle? - Cryptocephalus castaneus
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Contributed by Nancy Hamlett on 21 June, 2011 - 11:51pm
Last updated 23 June, 2011 - 12:13am

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Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 22 June, 2011 - 12:07am login or register to post comments

 
Wow!
Wow! That was fast! Thanks! I see that the color and pattern appears to vary widely in this species. This one from neighboring Orange County, however, has a similar pattern:



This will be a new addition to our field station invert list!
… Nancy Hamlett, 22 June, 2011 - 12:29am login or register to post comments

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