Nix Nature Center, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 6-5-10. © Ron Hemberger

Tumbling Flower Beetle

Mordella hubbsi

This species differs from the other black forms of the genus by the red color of the first and second femurs.

Coleoptera: Mordellidae

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Nix Nature Center, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 6-7-09. © Ron Hemberger

Nix Nature Center, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 6-7-09. © Ron Hemberger

Nix Nature Center, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 6-5-10. © Ron Hemberger

Nix Nature Center, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 6-5-10. © Ron Hemberger

Nix Nature Center, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 6-5-10. © Ron Hemberger

Nix Nature Center, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 6-5-10. © Ron Hemberger

Nix Nature Center, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 6-5-10. © Ron Hemberger

Nix Nature Center, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 6-7-09. © Ron Hemberger

Nix Nature Center, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 6-5-10. © Ron Hemberger

Nix Nature Center, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 6-5-10. © Ron Hemberger

~5mm bl. James Dilley Preserve, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 7/11/08. © Peter J. Bryant.

~5mm bl. James Dilley Preserve, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 7/11/08. © Peter J. Bryant.

~5mm bl. James Dilley Preserve, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 7/11/08. © Peter J. Bryant.