It’s not a Beetle, but a True Bug.
As you walk among the California Sage Scrub plant communities, you may happen upon the showy bright yellow flower clusters of the Bladderpod plant (Peritoma arborea). This native shrub blooms from November to June and the seed pods appear after pollination resembling small oval inflated balloons. But upon closer inspection, one will see the inhabitants of this pungent shrub, the Harlequin Bug (Murgantia histrionica).
https://www.nps.gov/cabr/blogs/it-s-not-a-beetle-but-a-true-bug.htm
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