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Blister Beetle - Megetra vittata - female
Copyright © 2008 Michael J. Landem

Blister Beetle - Megetra vittata - Female
Near Gobernador, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
September 25, 2008
I see now it's probably Megetra http://bugguide.net/node/view/32566.
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Contributed by Bruce Marlin on 3 October, 2008 - 7:37am
Last updated 29 September, 2009 - 6:50pm

Moved
Moved from Megetra.
… Bruce Marlin, 29 September, 2009 - 6:50pm login or register to post comments

I think this best fits Megetra vittata -
The enlarged image shows the irregularly, and finely reticulate pattern of the elytra (as opposed to the coarser pattern in M. cancellata, found farther south).
… Hartmut Wisch, 29 September, 2009 - 6:31pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Megetra.
… Bruce Marlin, 4 October, 2008 - 8:22am login or register to post comments

Moved...
Moved from ID Request.
… Ron M., 4 October, 2008 - 2:46am login or register to post comments

 
Why
Why was this moved from ID request so quickly, before it had been identified?
… Bruce Marlin, 4 October, 2008 - 8:22am login or register to post comments

 
It was identified...
by V belov (see his comment below dated 3 Oct) and myself.
… Ron M., 4 October, 2008 - 8:48am login or register to post comments

Megetra, a blister beetle
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… v belov, 3 October, 2008 - 7:39am login or register to post comments

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