Desert Spider Beetle (Cysteodemus armatus)

Uncommon yellow color rather than the usual white & black. 8-28-2006. Phoenix, AZ

This is a Desert Spider Beetle on a Lupine Plant.

Desert Spider Beetle. Lake Havasu City, Arizona. 3/27/2013. Unusual Yellow and Black

Photo courtesy of; copyright of Jan Emming of Destination:Forever Ranch and Gardens, a 40 acre desert botanical garden/sustainable living homestead in Arizona.

Photo courtesy of; copyright of Jan Emming of Destination:Forever Ranch and Gardens, a 40 acre desert botanical garden/sustainable living homestead in Arizona.

Photo courtesy of; copyright of Jan Emming of Destination:Forever Ranch and Gardens, a 40 acre desert botanical garden/sustainable living homestead in Arizona.

Copyright Michelle Cloud-Hughes, Desert Solitaire Botany and Ecological Restoration, San Diego.

Copyright Michelle Cloud-Hughes, Desert Solitaire Botany and Ecological Restoration, San Diego, CA.
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Desert Spider Beetle
Cysteodemus armatus
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Meloidae |
Genus: | Cysteodemus |
Species: | armatus |