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iron cross blister beetle - Tegrodera erosa
Copyright © 2004 David Scriven

iron cross blister beetle - Tegrodera erosa
Lakeview Mountains, near Hemet, California, USA
July 26, 2003
Tegrodera erosa erosa

on sapphire woolstar (Eriastrum sapphirinum)

approx. 3 cm

These large, colorful beetles appear in June and July in the Lakeview Mountains, in fairly large numbers, but only in patches of the sapphire woolstar.
Contributed by David Scriven on 8 August, 2004 - 11:19pm
Last updated 12 May, 2015 - 2:02pm

Moved
Moved from Tegrodera erosa.
… Richard L. Westcott, 12 May, 2015 - 2:02pm

Nice picture!
This is Tegrodera erosa erosa. It is found in coastal southern California and adjacent foothills: also Baja California Norte. Tegrodera latecincta is found in the Antelope and Owens Valleys.
… Art Evans, 27 August, 2004 - 11:57pm

 
Thanks
Thanks a lot. Edits made.
… David Scriven, 28 August, 2004 - 10:25am

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