It’s looking like this may instead be the undescribed male of Tachygyna coosi! Females are known from the region, so it makes a bit more sense than a species only known from California. Also T. cognata has a similar epigynum to T. coosi, so perhaps the palps are similar too?

True! Can’t forget about the lichen. But definitely nothing else at all here

Thanks Gil!

Absolutely! Would love to see it when finished

Oooo I bet you’ll do some amazing things with that lens

Nice!!

Thanks!

Wow!!

Me too!

Thank you!!

What they lack in flashiness they make up for in eyelashes!

This species is a complete mystery to me. I have no idea what they do and where/when they do it.

I have beaten a few females out of scotch broom and found a couple under rocks. But I have beaten countless bushes, stared at endless stems and flipped who knows how many rocks without success.

Thanks Gil! Heavyweight champion over there haha

This was sort of a weird case where it was in the middle of a hot summer day and it just hung out. Not my typical Buprestid experience!