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Not a Blister Beetle - Nabicula subcoleoptrata
Copyright © 2007 Bristol Girl

Not a Blister Beetle - Nabicula subcoleoptrata
Bristol, Lake County, Michigan, USA
July 3, 2007
Size: half inch
Short wings were like a blister beetle I'd found earlier, but antennae and legs were all wrong. Also, didn't squirt or play dead like the blister beetle. Ventral view seems to show a proboscis. Is it even a beetle? Something primative? Help. (And thanks in advance!)
Contributed by Bristol Girl on 12 July, 2007 - 7:42pm
Last updated 20 March, 2009 - 9:54am

Moved
Moved from Nabicula.
… v belov, 20 March, 2009 - 9:54am

Moved
Moved from Damsel Bugs.
… v belov, 20 March, 2009 - 8:45am

No, not a beetle but a bug
we would suggest Nabidae - Damsel Bugs, images in the guide here
… john and jane balaban, 12 July, 2007 - 8:23pm

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