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Scientific Name: Chrysobothris subcylindrica
Common Name: (a metallic wood boring beetle)
Family: Buprestidae
Description: A metallic wood boring beetle, Chrysobothris subcylindrica, on Eriogonum fasciculatum (California Buckwheat) in the lower Neck.
Notes: Richard Westcott, who identified this beetle to species, notes that &quot;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.&quot;
Location: Bernard Field Station
BFS Area: Lower Neck
Photo Type: Animal--Insect
Photographer: Nancy Hamlett
Date Taken: 2012-07-02
Upload Date: 2012-08-16 13:51:08
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