These beetles show up each year in late June on the Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower Buckwheat) flowers. The males, who are black in color, arrive first, looking for females, with their fancy, four-spotted, red elytra. When the females arrive, the males quickly find them, and the fun begins.
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Here is a pair on the buckwheat flowers. Notice the translucent tube-like thing protruding from the male's abdomen. That is the aedeagus -- the insect equivalent of penis.
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Anastrangalia laetifica
(Dimorphic Flower Longhorn Beetle)
On parsley flowers
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Anastrangalia laetifica
(Dimorphic Flower Longhorn Beetle)
On ocean spray flowers
Associated Species: Holodiscus discolor (Ocean Spray)
Anastrangalia laetifica
(Dimorphic Flower Longhorn Beetle)
For the last week or so, males have been flying madly patrolling for females. Well, at least one female arrived today, and a male found her.
The males are hard to photograph while they're searching for females. But while they are mating, they don' ...
Associated Species: Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower Buckwheat)
Anastrangalia laetifica
(Dimorphic Flower Longhorn Beetle)
On Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower Buckwheat) flowers
Male
Associated Species: Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower Buckwheat)
Anastrangalia laetifica
(Dimorphic Flower Longhorn Beetle)
Anastrangalia laetifica
(Dimorphic Flower Longhorn Beetle)
Anastrangalia laetifica
(Dimorphic Flower Longhorn Beetle)
Anastrangalia laetifica
(Dimorphic Flower Longhorn Beetle)
Anastrangalia laetifica
(Dimorphic Flower Longhorn Beetle)
Anastrangalia laetifica
(Dimorphic Flower Longhorn Beetle)
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These beetles show up each year in late June on the Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower Buckwheat) flowers. The males, who are black in color, arrive first, looking for females, with their fancy, four-spotted, red elytra. When the females arrive, the males quickly find them, and the fun begins.
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| Female |
Male |
Here is a pair on the buckwheat flowers. Notice the translucent tube-like thing protruding from the male's abdomen. That is the aedeagus -- the insect equivalent of penis.
- Links
- iNaturalist
- Wikipedia
- BugGuide
- Jim Conrad's Naturalist Newsletter
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Anastrangalia laetifica
(Dimorphic Flower Longhorn Beetle)
Taxonomy
Subclass:
Pterygota (Winged and Once-winged Insects)
Suborder:
Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf, and Snout Beetles)
No lower level information
