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alder tree beetle - Vrilletta decorata
Copyright © 2013 Joyce Gross

alder tree beetle - Vrilletta decorata
San Leandro, Alameda County, California, USA
March 24, 2013
Size: 5.5mm
Emerged from a bit of dead alder tree branch that I had in a plastic bag in my house. The non-native alder grows in my backyard and the dead branch had fallen off the tree.
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Contributed by Joyce Gross on 28 April, 2013 - 12:12pm
Last updated 6 May, 2014 - 5:02am

Moved
Moved from Vrilletta.
… Boris Büche, 6 May, 2014 - 5:02am login or register to post comments

Joyce
do you know that the next BugGuide gathering is in AZ
http://arizonabeetlesbugsbirdsandmore.blogspot.com/2013/06/bugguide-gathering-2013-in-arizona.html
… margarethe brummermann, 4 June, 2013 - 8:29pm login or register to post comments

 
BG gathering
Hi Margarethe!

Yes -- I'm trying to make a decision in the next few days about going. Thanks for your work organizing it! It sounds as if it will be a lot of fun.

Funny, the day you sent this I was on a trip in southern CA (Sequoia National Forest) and ran into Robyn Waayers. We talked about the Arizona gathering.

Joyce
… Joyce Gross, 8 June, 2013 - 1:56am login or register to post comments

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