Insects and Spiders

Beetle Butts

This thistle had a lot of beetles and they were new species for me. The big ones are Kern's Flower Scarab and the little ones are a species of metallic wood-boring beetle that has no common name.
Kern's Flower Scarab (Euphoria kernii)
Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Acmaeodera tubulus)
Texas Thistle (Cirsium texanum)

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