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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Blister Beetles (Meloidae) » Meloinae » Epicautini » Epicauta » subgenus Epicauta (Epicauta subgenus Epicauta) » Cinerea Group (Epicauta Cinerea Group) » Margined Blister Beetle (Epicauta funebris)

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Please ID this beetle - Epicauta funebris

Somerset County, Maryland, USA
July 21, 2009
Size: 1 inch

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Contributed by Gnaturally on 21 July, 2009 - 6:58pm
Last updated 26 July, 2009 - 10:24am

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… Ethan Friedman, 26 July, 2009 - 10:24am

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moved

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… Ethan Friedman, 26 July, 2009 - 10:23am

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Thank you, everyone....I can

Thank you, everyone....I can see you are right....glad I did not handle this one....

… Gnaturally, 22 July, 2009 - 11:53am

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Thanks, Andy...that was quick

Thanks, Andy...that was quick...yes, it does look like your bug. Except mine looks like his head is a skull....Thanks for the compliment...I love my macro lens...

… Gnaturally, 21 July, 2009 - 7:07pm

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Your Macro lens!

Gnaturally: I agree, great photo, I need another Macro lens to get
better shots of the little critters less than 4mm. I currently use
a Tamron 90mm f1:2.8 on a Canon Rebel XSI. What Macro's do you use,
and do they focus well on the smaller fauna????? Contact me, if you
could please @ begetty-at-comcast.net

… Bruce Getty, 21 July, 2009 - 7:35pm

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Canon has great macro lens, MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x

That would help you with the tiny stuff, at up to 5x. As a Nikon user I can only dream.. of course you need a good ring light to go with it.

… Andrew Williams, 21 July, 2009 - 7:43pm

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looks like Margined Blister Beetle

Epicauta funebris. Wait for expert confirmation to be sure. That's a really nice shot by the way.

… Andrew Williams, 21 July, 2009 - 7:02pm

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Andy's right, funebris

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… v belov, 22 July, 2009 - 11:46am

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