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Scientific Name: Chrysobothris subcylindrica
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Common Name: (a metallic wood boring beetle)
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Family: Buprestidae
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Description: A metallic wood boring beetle, Chrysobothris subcylindrica, on Eriogonum fasciculatum (California Buckwheat) in the lower Neck.
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Notes:
Richard Westcott, who identified this beetle to species, notes that "the occurrence of this species on wild buckwheat undoubtedly is incidental, not indicative of a host plant. All known host plans are composites, family Asteraceae."
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Location: Bernard Field Station
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BFS Area: Lower Neck
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Photo Type: Animal--Insect
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Photographer: Nancy Hamlett
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Date Taken: 2012-07-02
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Upload Date: 2012-08-16 13:52:32
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