Description: English: Red shouldered leaf beetle (Saxinus saucia) on a sulfur buckwheat (Eriogonum umbellatum var furcosum) Location: About a mile west of Glacier Lodge along the north fork of Big Pine Creek Identification of the beetle: Comparison with image on page 185 of The Laws Field Guide to the High Sierra. Also comparison of images from Bug Guide web site (
http://bugguide.net/node/view/199221/bgpage) Identification of the plant: Comparison with image on Calflora website. (
http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=3389 ) The identification of the particular variety is uncertain. Date: 29 June 2009. Source: Own work. Author:
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