Eleodes osculans

Eleodes osculans, the wooly darkling beetle or woolly ground beetle, is a common insect in coastal southern and central California in wooded areas or chaparral, and in Baja California.^[2][3] As a stink beetle of genus Eleodes, its easily observed defensive posture is to raise its hind end and secrete an unpleasant odor. E. osculans has a length of 12-16 mm and is the only known darkling beetle species with reddish-brown hair covering most of its black exoskeleton.^[2][4] It is similar to Eleodes nigropilosa and Eleodes littoralis, which have darker hair.^[4]

Wooly darkling beetle
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Tenebrionidae
Genus:	Eleodes
Species:	E. osculans
Binomial name
Eleodes osculans LeConte, 1851
Synonyms[1]
Amphidora osculans Cratidus fuscipilosus Cratidus ovipennis Eleodes behrii Eleodes intermedia