Collecting Beetles for Emily

Emily is a young Coleopterist that I know. Don and I try to be mentors for her, even though we are native bee people. I am using this journal entry to hold the beetles in a collection so that we can find them better.

Mostly the beetles I see in here seem to like lupine the most. The Lady Beetles are after the aphids. The others seem to hang out on the flowers. The other most used plant is the Rubber rabbitbrush, Ericamosa nauseosum.

Posted on July 2, 2018 03:03 PM by wenatcheeb wenatcheeb

Observations

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What

Click Beetles (Family Elateridae)

Observer

wenatcheeb

Date

May 22, 2018 02:02 PM PDT

Description

Could this be a click beetle? On Himalayan blackberry.

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What

Black-spotted Lady Beetles (Tribe Coccinellini)

Observer

wenatcheeb

Date

June 6, 2018 03:40 PM PDT

Description

Larva on cilantro.

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What

Beetles (Order Coleoptera)

Observer

wenatcheeb

Date

June 9, 2018 07:35 AM PDT

Description

Small, less than 1/2" long, standing on Salsify. Seems to be hinged, similar to a click beetle.

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Observer

wenatcheeb

Date

June 9, 2018 08:39 AM PDT

Description

Large metallic blue-green beetles on lupine. Apprx. 1 1/4"-1 1/2" long.

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Observer

wenatcheeb

Date

May 28, 2017 06:42 AM PDT

Description

Metallic blue-green beetles on lupine. I believe the pair of beetles is mating.

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Observer

wenatcheeb

Date

May 28, 2017 07:12 AM PDT

Description

Same kind as other beetle from same day?

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What

Beetles (Order Coleoptera)

Observer

wenatcheeb

Date

May 12, 2018 11:33 AM PDT

Description

many small beetles on Arrowleaf Balsamroot.

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What

Flower Longhorn Beetles (Subfamily Lepturinae)

Observer

wenatcheeb

Date

May 12, 2018 02:26 PM PDT

Description

Two black beetles mating, on lupine.

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Flower Longhorn Beetles (Subfamily Lepturinae)

Observer

wenatcheeb

Date

May 12, 2018 02:25 PM PDT

Description

Beetle on lupine buds, then it walked down onto the leaf.

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What

Flower Longhorn Beetles (Subfamily Lepturinae)

Observer

wenatcheeb

Date

May 12, 2018 02:32 PM PDT

Description

One more beetle, same as other two observations to give more details. Different individual on open lupine blossom.

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What

Varied Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus verbasci)

Observer

wenatcheeb

Date

May 12, 2018 02:45 PM PDT

Description

Shaped somewhat similar to Lady beetle, but with brown, splotchy pattern. On sand cherry. probably less than 1/4" long, small anyway.

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Red-femured Milkweed Borer (Tetraopes femoratus)

Observer

wenatcheeb

Date

June 15, 2018 11:29 AM PDT

Description

Red beetles with long serrate antenna, some small dark spots on elytra.

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What

Colorado Potato Beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata)

Observer

wenatcheeb

Date

June 20, 2018 10:45 AM PDT

Description

Larvae? Caterpillar? These things were eating what seemed to be a potato or Solanaceae species in an organic farm.

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Observer

wenatcheeb

Date

May 17, 2018 03:11 PM PDT

Description

Red thorax, black elytra. Photo shows chewing damage on this buckwheat stem. Could that be from the beetle?

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Observer

wenatcheeb

Date

May 20, 2018 01:29 PM PDT

Description

Striped longhorn beetle eating on buckwheat. It sometimes buried its head deep inside the flowers.

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Observer

wenatcheeb

Date

May 20, 2018 01:52 PM PDT

Description

Red and black striped beetle on Lupine.

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Observer

wenatcheeb

Date

May 20, 2018 01:57 PM PDT

Description

Black longhorn beetle, with hidden crab spider nearby. The beetle left and the spider did not catch anything this time.

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Observer

wenatcheeb

Date

May 20, 2018 01:59 PM PDT

Description

There is a black longhorn beetle in the background of one shot for size comparison. This beetle was going up a stalk of grass, then turned around and went down. Are these antenna pectinate?

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What

Convergent Lady Beetle (Hippodamia convergens)

Observer

wenatcheeb

Date

May 20, 2018 02:05 PM PDT

Description

Mating beetles, stacked three high.

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What

Click Beetles (Family Elateridae)

Observer

wenatcheeb

Date

June 12, 2018 08:46 AM PDT

Description

Beetle sitting on a stem of grass.

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What

Colorado Potato Beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata)

Observer

wenatcheeb

Date

June 20, 2018 10:53 AM PDT

Description

Smaller larvae than other ones from same day. On potato, Solanum tuberosum. Another photo showing damage by the beetle larvae.

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Observer

wenatcheeb

Date

December 1, 2017 12:41 PM PST

Description

This beetle was spotted while on a hike out in the Ancient Lakes area--in December!

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Observer

wenatcheeb

Date

April 18, 2015 08:06 PM PDT

Description

Beetles that were clustered together, and clambering over one another up on a road on top of a hill above the Wenatchee River.

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