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Coccinella californica is a ladybird beetle found in California commonly known as the California lady beetle. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It has a red elytra that is usually spotless and a mostly black thorax . Its range is the coastal counties north of the Transverse Ranges .
Nyctoporis carinata, also known as the flightless darkling beetle because both sexes lack wings, is a species of beetle native to central and Southern California. [1] [2] They are found in leaf litter and rocky debris. [1] Preliminary genetic analysis suggests that Nyctoporis carinata and Nyctoporis vandykei may in fact be synonymous species. [1]
Eleodes osculans, the wooly darkling beetle or woolly ground beetle, is a common insect in coastal southern and central California in wooded areas or chaparral, and in Baja California. [2] [3] As a stink beetle of genus Eleodes, its easily observed defensive posture is to raise its hind end and secrete an unpleasant odor. E. osculans has a ...
Cordylospasta opaca is a blister beetle that occurs in arid regions central and southern California. [1] Males are fully winged and reach a length of 12 mm, while females are flightless with reduced elytra and reach a length of 19 mm. [1] Cordylospasta fulleri is almost identical, but occurs in the Great Basin and has 8-10 antennal segments, while Cordylospasta opaca should have 11 antennal ...
Hydrochara rickseckeri, or Ricksecker's water scavenger beetle, is a rare species of beetle in the family Hydrophilidae. [2] It is endemic to California . [ 2 ]
The goldspotted oak borer is just 14 miles from the Santa Monica Mountains' 600,000 oak trees and threatens to devastate forests throughout California, harming wildlife and increasing fire risks.
On a recent excursion, Campbell Vaughn couldn't help but notice the devastation of pine trees in local forested areas due to the southern pine beetle.
Dinapate wrightii, also known as the giant palm borer, is the largest species in the beetle family Bostrichidae, and sometimes a pest of palm trees, especially Washingtonia filifera and Washingtonia robusta. It is native to extreme southern California and possibly Baja California, and only commonly recorded from the Coachella Valley.