San Bernardino County

Beetles of San Bernardino County

NOTE: This section is UNDER CONSTRUCTION - its formatting will be improved in the coming months.

Carabidae

     Rhadine sp.
   Kelso Dunes, Mojave National Preserve, California

This individual was on sand at night in March.

Tenebrionidae

Lariversius tibialis
Kelso Dunes, Mojave National Preserve, California

This individual was on sand at night in March. It is eating a piece of oatmeal!

Trogloderus vandykei
Kelso Dunes, Mojave National Preserve, California

This individual was on sand at night in March.
det. Arthur Evans 2019

  Triorophus sp.
   Granite Mountains, Mojave National Preserve, California

   This individual was out in the daytime. A genus of small beetles.

Asbolus papillosus
Kelso Dunes, Mojave National Preserve, California

This individual was on sand at night in March.

Eleodes hispilabris
Granite Mountains, Mojave National Preserve, California

This individual was out in the daytime in March. Several were seen in the region over several days.

Meloidae

Cordylospasta opaca
Along Kelbaker Road, near southern border of Mojave National Preserve, California

This individual was seen on a warm day in March.

Eupompha elegans
Along Kelbaker Road, near southern border of Mojave National Preserve, California

This individual was found in late March. It resembles the color pattern that I've seen at the Algodones Dunes more closely than the Anza Borrego morph, or the morph seen west of the mountains in San Diego County.

Epicauta liebecki
Horse Thief Camp, San Bernardino Co., California

Several came to black light in late May, 2009. This was a first record of this species for California.
det. John Pinto.