Cirsium horridulum and the Flower Scarabs

No one remembers how Cirsium horridulum came to the CB. Yet many moons ago, one of us may have been slogging along somewhere in the east parts of the Republic of Tejas mud, only to collect some Cirsium horridulum seed along with the mud and cow poop on the old boot sole. Yes, however it got here, its arrival was probably the accidental result of hitching a ride on a human or proto human vector.

Now we wish we had more Cirsium horridulum, lots more. We want more, despite its prickly nature. Why? Cirsium horridulum is a flower scarab magnet. If you like to look at beetle butts, and we do, then Cirsium horridulum is your ticket to beetle butt nirvana. Opuntia species are too, if you want them around the house.

That is Euphoria kerni on the left and Trichiotinus texanus, no pun intended, on the right.