Beetles of the Cuyamaca Mountains
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Tenebrionidae: Darkling Beetles


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Nyctoporis sp.
     
​Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains

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Coniontis sp.
     
​Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains
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Coelocnemis sp., likely C. magna
     
​Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains

 
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Coelocnemis sp., possibly C. magna
     
Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains


On Western Giant Puffball, Calvatia booniana
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Eleodes acuticaudus
     
​Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains
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Eleodes osculans
     
Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains


This species seems to come out in the cool, damp  weather, but is common in summer, too.
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Stenomorpha obsoleta
      
Lake Cuyamaca area, Cuyamaca Mountains

Several found on trails in early September.
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Undetermined.

Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains

I rarely see this species. It was found clinging to the stucco of my house on a late June evening.
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