arizonablue Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 Ordered two of these beauties from Bugs In Cyberspace - a color variation called Hellburnt. Instead of being all black, these little guys have pale orange/brown markings! This one is very well camouflaged on his cholla! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oak Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 I've seen them before. Didn't know it was a variation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynastes TItyus hunter Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 Cool variation of Diabol iron! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reyes Posted March 27, 2021 Report Share Posted March 27, 2021 On 3/11/2021 at 5:46 PM, arizonablue said: Ordered two of these beauties from Bugs In Cyberspace - a color variation called Hellburnt. Instead of being all black, these little guys have pale orange/brown markings! This one is very well camouflaged on his cholla! What I'm curious about is how they got that color. Did they get sprayed by another darkling beetle, or is it something else? Please help me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goliathus Posted March 27, 2021 Report Share Posted March 27, 2021 It's just a naturally occurring color morph of Nosoderma (Phloeodes) diabolicum, possibly from a particular area. I've only ever heard BIC use the name "Hellburnt" to refer to this morph - wonder if they came up with that name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratmosphere Posted April 6, 2021 Report Share Posted April 6, 2021 Sick colorway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted July 3, 2021 Report Share Posted July 3, 2021 On 3/26/2021 at 8:04 PM, Goliathus said: It's just a naturally occurring color morph of Nosoderma (Phloeodes) diabolicum, possibly from a particular area. I've only ever heard BIC use the name "Hellburnt" to refer to this morph - wonder if they came up with that name? Yeah, just a locality based color variation. BTW, it's Phloeodes, not Nosoderma, they were moved back to Phloeodes but I still see people labeling them as Nosoderma for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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