Beetles of the Cuyamaca Mountains
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Cerambycidae: Longhorned Beetles

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     Tragosoma pilosicorne
     Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains

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​        Tragosoma pilosicorne
      Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains

     
As of 2016, I have only observed two specimens of this            species at my patio black light.

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     Prionus californicus
     Male

     Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains

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     Prionus californicus
     Male
     Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains

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     Prionus californicus
     Male
     Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains


     A large reddish male, but with 12 antennal segments, so it       is P. californicus, and not P. lecontei (which has 13                   antennal segments).

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     Prionus californicus
     Female
     Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains

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     Prionus lecontei
     Male
     Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains

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     Prionus lecontei
     Male
     Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains

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     Prionus lecontei
     Male
     Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains

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     Prionus lecontei
     Male
     Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains

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     Prionus lecontei
     Female
     Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains

     The pictured female was the first female of this species I       had seen. She was found several feet up clinging to a           black light sheet in early August.

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     Trichocnemis spiculatus spiculatus
     Female

     Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains

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     Trichocnemis spiculatus spiculatus
     Female
     Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains

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     Trichocnemis spiculatus spiculatus
     Male

     Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains

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     Trichocnemis spiculatus spiculatus
     Male

     Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains

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      Phymatodes grandis
     Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains

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       Phymatodes nitidus
       Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains

       This individual was beaten from a recently dead live oak on a cool,               damp day in May.

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     Brothylus gemmulatus
     Male
     Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains

     This individual came to a black light in spring.

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     Brothylus gemmulatus 
     Pair
     Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains


     This pair was seen in early June on a warm night,                     attracted to a black light. 

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     Aneflomorpha lineare
     Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains

     This beetle came to a black light in summer.

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     Meganoplium imbelle
     Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains

     This beetle came to a black light in summer.



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       Styloxus fulleri
       Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains

       This beetle came to a black light in late spring.

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       Oeme costata, Male (left) and Female (right)
       Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains

       These beetles came to light in late spring. They were numerous 3-4             years after the Cedar Fire (in October of 2003), but became less so as         the years passed.


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     Triodoclytus lanifer
     Engineers Road, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains

     This individual found on sunflower in June.

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     Centrodera spurca
     Female
     Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains

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       Centrodera spurca
     Male
     Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains

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     Anastrangalia laetifica
     Male
     Engineers Road, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains

     This individual was found on Common Yarrow.

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       Anastrangalia laetifica
       Female
       Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains

       This individual was found on this mineral-encrusted rock         in a bird bath. It turned out to be deceased.

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Necydalis cavipennis
Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains

This individual came to a black light in late May.
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Necydalis cavipennis
Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains

This individual came to a black light in late May.
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