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Beetle feeding on Hercules' club - Epicauta funebris
Copyright © 2008 Charley Eiseman

Beetle feeding on Hercules' club - Epicauta funebris
St. Francis National Forest, Arkansas, USA
July 9, 2008
Size: ~15 mm
There were a number of these feeding on leaves of Hercules' club, or whatever that big spiny shrub in the Araliaceae is called. Some kind of blister beetle?

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Beetle feeding on Hercules' club - Epicauta funebris Beetle feeding on Hercules' club - Epicauta funebris
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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 30 September, 2008 - 2:12am
Last updated 30 September, 2008 - 11:06am

I think you will find that this is...
Margined Blister Beetle (Epicauta pestifera)



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… Ron M., 30 September, 2008 - 2:46am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks again!
I had browsed through all the blister beetle genera, but I guess this species didn't happen to display when I did that.
… Charley Eiseman, 30 September, 2008 - 11:04am login or register to post comments

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