Red-eared Blister Beetle, Lytta auriculata

James Dilley Preserve, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 3/13/09. © Peter J. Bryant.	Red-eared Blister Beetle Lytta auriculata Coleoptera: Meloidae Back to Coleoptera index page Back to Arthropods of Orange County, California Back to Natural History of Orange County, California
Irvine Regional Park, Orange, Orange County, CA. 4-16-10. © Ron Hemberger	Peters Canyon, Orange, Orange County, CA. 4-28-08. © Ron Hemberger.
Irvine Regional Park, Orange, Orange County, CA. 4-23-10. © Ron Hemberger	Irvine Regional Park, Orange, Orange County, CA. 4-23-10. © Ron Hemberger
Mating pair. Coachwhip Canyon, Anza Borrego State Park. 3/4/09. © Peter J. Bryant.	Irvine Regional Park, Orange, Orange County, CA. 3-30-10. © Ron Hemberger
Irvine Regional Park, Orange, Orange County, CA. 3-30-10. © Ron Hemberger	Associated with (being attacked by?) Aoplonema nigrum. Irvine Regional Park, Orange, Orange County, CA. 3-30-10. © Ron Hemberger
Associated with (being attacked by?) Aoplonema nigrum. Irvine Regional Park, Orange, Orange County, CA. 3-30-10. © Ron Hemberger	Mating pair. Irvine Regional Park, Orange, Orange County, CA. 4-23-10. © Ron Hemberger
Mating pair associated with (being attacked by?) Aoplonema nigrum. Irvine Regional Park, Orange, Orange County, CA. 3-30-10. © Ron Hemberger	Mating pair associated with (being attacked by?) Aoplonema nigrum. Irvine Regional Park, Orange, Orange County, CA. 3-30-10. © Ron Hemberger