Genus Acmaeodera

Sing, Cry me a river.

Oh well. Confidence for a species level determination is low. These big ones with the white spots are more than a centimeter long.

Yes. In the spring these buprestids assemble at the Cow Barn by the dozens, hundreds, or sometimes, a tousand or maybe two tousand. Then, once assembled, they eat up the Oenothera speciosa. They eat the Sisyrhynchium pruinosum. They eat the Lindheimera texana. The fact is, they eat a lot of the flowers. They eat them up.

Here is another Acmaeodera. Sing, Cry me a river. This one is littler. Less than half the size of the other one, with orange spots.