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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles (Tenebrionoidea) » Blister Beetles (Meloidae) » Iron Cross Blister Beetle (Tegrodera) » Tegrodera aloga
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Ant? - Tegrodera aloga
Copyright © 2008 Mark

Ant? - Tegrodera aloga
lake pleasant area, castle hot springs road, Arizona, USA
April 26, 2008
lake pleasant area, castle hot springs road. There were several of things things scurring around maybe 30 - 50 or so...just curious to know what it is and if it is dangerous. The yellow and black things look like hard wings of some sort.
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Contributed by Mark on 4 May, 2008 - 11:56am
Last updated 28 February, 2009 - 5:34am

Moved
Moved from Iron Cross Blister Beetle.
… Ron M., 28 February, 2009 - 5:34am login or register to post comments

Tegrodera aloga Skinner
John D. Pinto det.
… v belov, 27 February, 2009 - 10:51pm login or register to post comments

Blister beetles
To answer your question about whether it's dangerous: if handled, blister beetles can exude a fluid (from their leg joints, I think) that causes blisters, but that's about it I think. If you don't bother them, they won't bother you.

Also: yes, the yellow and black things are the hardened forewings, which in all beetles are called elytra (one elytron, two elytra).
… Charley Eiseman, 4 May, 2008 - 12:38pm login or register to post comments

Iron Cross Blister Beetle (Tegrodera) »Tegrodera latecincta
You can see the cross pattern on the elytra. The red pronotum shows that it's latecincta, not erosa
… margarethe brummermann, 4 May, 2008 - 12:05pm login or register to post comments

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