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I know I got two species nestled into this thistle blossom....
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Second shot w/ other beetle
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Second shot w/ other beetle
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Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Family: Chrysomelidae
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Observed between innings of grandson's baseball tournament.
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Observed between innings of grandson's baseball tournament.
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Observed between innings of grandson's baseball tournament.
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Feeding on a Meadow Pink flower. I frequently see them feeding on Yarrow flowers.
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A lot of these in the thistle flowers today.
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Local name - Kern's flower scarab. Photo shows beetle on Carduus nutans. Info at http://citybugs.tamu.edu/2015/05/06/kerns-flower-scarab/ Thanks to cgritz for passing it along.
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This is the mid color form. Second photo is of another of the same beetle, but shows the head for a change!
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This is the mid color form. Second photo is of another of the same beetle, but shows the head for a change!
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Breve descripción de lo que observaste
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