Blue Milkweed Beetle

A Blue Milkweed Beetle (Chrysochus cobaltinus) on Narrow Leaf Milkweed (Asclepias fascicularis).

A Blue Milkweed Beetle (Chrysochus cobaltinus) on a somewhat insect eaten Narrow Leaf Milkweed (Asclepias fascicularis).

Photograph was taken on a run on Laskey Mesa in Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve (formerly Ahmanson Ranch).

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