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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) » Epicauta » Margined Blister Beetle (Epicauta funebris)
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blueish leatherwing-like insect need id help - Epicauta funebris
Copyright © 2008 Sharon Cates

blueish leatherwing-like insect need id help - Epicauta funebris
chilo locks, clermont county County, Ohio, USA
August 2, 2008

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Contributed by Sharon Cates on 15 October, 2008 - 6:06am
Last updated 15 October, 2008 - 2:21pm

blister beetle
Not sure of the species, but I believe it's a blister beetle, Meloidae. Probably something in the genus Epicauta
… Lee Elliott, 15 October, 2008 - 6:59am login or register to post comments

 
ID is correct, nice image.
Very nice image of what is indeed a "margined blister beetle."
… Eric R. Eaton, 15 October, 2008 - 10:59am login or register to post comments

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