Beetles of the Cuyamaca Mountains
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Buprestidae: Jewel Beetles

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     Chrysobothris costifrons
     Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains


     This individual flew into my garage when I was painting a shed roof. The       month was October.

     Two individuals of this species were found on my property. They are not       native to the area.

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      Likely Chrysobothris mali
       Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains

       This individual was beaten from ​Ceanothus sp. in May.

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       Likely Chrysobothris mali
       Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains

       This individual was beaten from Ceanothus sp. in May.


       

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     Acmaeodera connexa
     Engineers Road, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains


     This individual found with two other Acmaeodera species, A. hepburnii           and A. retifera on Golden Yarrow

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      Acmaeodera connexa
      Engineers Road, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains


      

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     Acmaeodera hepburnii
     Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains

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     Acmaeodera hepburnii
     Mating pair

     Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains





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      Chrysophana placida

       Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains

​       This is the same individual described above.


      

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​          Chrysophana placida

       Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains

       This beetle was found alive in my house (January 2016), upside down             floating in the cat's water bowl. My best guess is that it came in on                   firewood. The odd thing is that we do have Jeffrey Pine (one of this                 species' hosts) in the area, but no firewood from these pines has been           in the house in years. The firewood was mostly manzanita and oak                   wood, from dead trees on our property dating back to the 2003 Cedar             Fire. There was a small amount of untreated scrap wood from old                     construction projects amongst the firewood also - likely Douglas fir,               another host. So the exact origin of this beetle is unclear.



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​      Chrysophana placida
       Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains

​       This is the same individual described above.




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     Polycesta crypta
     Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains

     Found on dirt road in late afternoon.



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