Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 ...
It is especially abundant, along with X. sonorina, in the Central Valley and in Southern California, including the Mojave Desert. They are agriculturally beneficial insects and pollinators of diverse California chaparral and woodlands and desert native plant species. [4] [5] This carpenter bee is active during hot seasons. Therefore, they are ...
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]
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 .
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Calathus ruficollis is a species of ground beetle in the family ... Mendocino County in California to Baja California and ...
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.
"A GUIDE TO THE TERRESTRIAL ISOPODS OF COASTAL CALIFORNIA" (PDF) Wood, Hulton B.; Samuel W. James (April 1993). Native and Introduced Earthworms from Selected Chaparral, Woodland, and Riparian Zones in Southern California (PDF) (Report).
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.