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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Polycestinae » Acmaeoderini » Acmaeoderina » Acmaeodera » Acmaeodera jocosa
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Yellow & Black Click Beetle - Acmaeodera jocosa
Copyright © 2013 Craig Morgan

Yellow & Black Click Beetle - Acmaeodera jocosa
Ortega Hwy Candy Store, Riverside County, California, USA
June 5, 2013
San Juan Loop Trail
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Contributed by Craig Morgan on 5 June, 2013 - 6:23pm
Last updated 7 June, 2013 - 2:06pm

Eye candy
First, this is not a click beetle, which is in the family Elateridae.

Adults of this species are found on chamise, Adenostoma fasciculatum, which undoubtedly too serves as a larval host. This buprestid is found only in California and Baja California (Norte), but it seems only where chamise grows. It is a true denizen of the chaparral.

Eye candy from the candy store!
… Richard L. Westcott, 7 June, 2013 - 2:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
For all the information, these beetles do look good.
… Craig Morgan, 7 June, 2013 - 10:44pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Acmaeodera.
… Richard L. Westcott, 7 June, 2013 - 2:06pm login or register to post comments

jocosa? neat beast.
Moved from Metallic Wood-boring Beetles.
… v belov, 5 June, 2013 - 7:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Acmaeodera jocosa?
Does look similar.
… Craig Morgan, 5 June, 2013 - 7:40pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Fyn Kynd, 5 June, 2013 - 6:34pm login or register to post comments

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