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Category: Coleoptera (Beetles)

Buprestis aurulenta (Golden Buprestid)

May 19, 2021 Dan Nelson 11 Comments

During last Sunday’s nature stroll on the Cape Horn Trail, in addition to the thrill of finding that rare, vagrant…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Buprestidae, Buprestis, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Species Profiles Filed under: Buprestis aurulenta, Golden Buprestid

Polydrusus impressifrons (Pale Green Weevil)

May 11, 2021 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

The first time I saw one of these Pale Green Weevils I managed to get a photo, but couldn’t collect…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Coleoptera (Beetles), Curculionidae (True Weevils), Entiminae (Broad-nosed Weevils), Insecta, Polydrusus, Species Profiles Filed under: Pale Green Weevil, Polydrusus impressifrons

Acmaeodera idahoensis

April 13, 2021 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

This is an interesting little Buprestid (jewel beetles). This genus has an unusual structure where the elytra are fused in…

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Posted in: Acmaeodera, Animals, Arthropoda, Buprestidae, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Species Profiles Filed under: Acmaeodera idahoensis

Ditylus gracilis

March 11, 2021 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

Ditylus gracilis is a member of the family Oedemeridae, also known as false blister beetles, because they have a strong superficial…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Coleoptera (Beetles), Ditylus, Insecta, Oedemeridae, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Ditylus gracilis

Coccinella septempunctata (7-spotted Lady Beetle)

March 4, 2021 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

I was photographing Bryophytes in a friend’s courtyard when I saw this lady beetle on a patch of Homalothecium fulgescens…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Coccinella, Coccinellidae (Lady Beetles), Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Species Profiles Filed under: 7-spotted Lady Beetle, Coccinella septempunctata

Nemognatha lutea

February 20, 2021 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

For my first post about the fascinating family Meloidae (blister beetles) I am profiling Nemognatha lutea, a relatively common denizen…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Meloidae, Nemognatha, Species Profiles Filed under: Nemognatha lutea

Cicindela purpurea (Cow Path Tiger Beetle)

December 21, 2020 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

Tiger beetles in general get my juices flowing in a different way than other insects, because they really have to…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Cicindela, Cicindelidae, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Species Profiles Filed under: Cicindela purpurea, Cicindela purpurea ssp. audubonii, Cow Path Tiger Beetle

Philolithus densicollis

November 21, 2020 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

It was surprising to me that this apparently relatively common Tenebrionid beetle was not represented on BugGuide from the state…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Philolithus, Species Profiles, Tenebrionidae

Nebria brevicollis (European Gazelle Beetle)

October 7, 2020 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

Nebria brevicollis was first found in the US, in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, in 2007. By 2010 it had more than…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Carabidae, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Nebria, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: European Gazelle Beetle, Nebria brevicollis

Chrysolina quadrigemina (Klamath Weed Beetle)

October 5, 2020 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

Chrysolina quadrigemina are leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) that are native to Europe and North Africa. They were imported in the mid…

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Posted in: Agyrtidae (Primitive Carrion Beetles), Animals, Arthropoda, Chrysolina, Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles), Insecta, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Chrysolina quadrigemina, Klamath Weed Beetle

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