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Vrilletta murrayi
Brown beetle with a light patch on the sides of the elytra. The pronotum and head are lighter brown than the elytra. The antennae are combed.
Oleander in the backyard. Sources say this is found in North America but the only location stated has been California. If you know of another location from a reliable source, please let me know.
"Larvae of most of the species for which the habits are known bore into dead hardwoods and softwoods. Larvae of several species feed in various kinds of fungi. Some species feed in cones of conifers, some in twigs or vines, others in seeds, some in plant stems, a few in bark of various trees, and a very few have been bred from galls."
Spotted on Feb 20, 2015
Submitted on Feb 22, 2015
3 Comments
Thanks stho002 and Leuba!
Interesting grooves on the elytra -pic 2 is great. Nice spotting Cindy !
I think that you must mean Vrilletta sp., rather than "Vrilletta so"