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Blister Beetle? - Lytta stygica
Copyright © 2002 Arlene Ripley

Blister Beetle? - Lytta stygica
Penticton, British Columbia, Canada
June 13, 2002
some kind of metallic beetle -- perhaps a blister beetle?
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Contributed by Arlene Ripley on 9 October, 2005 - 2:35pm
Last updated 11 December, 2008 - 10:49pm

Moved
Moved from Lytta.
… Joyce Gross, 11 December, 2008 - 10:49pm login or register to post comments

Blister Beetle
is my guess also. It has the look: beaded antennae, wide, rounded head on a small neck, abdomenal segments hanging out beyond the wingcovers.
… Jim McClarin, 9 October, 2005 - 6:19pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree.
Superb image of a blister beetle in the genus Lytta. Not many species in BC, so should be able to ID it to species eventually. Interesting mirid plant bugs on the flowers, too:-) If you know the plant, you could probably get in the ballpark on the mirids.
… Eric R. Eaton, 17 October, 2005 - 6:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Lytta stygica, i believe
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… v belov, 11 December, 2008 - 10:47pm login or register to post comments

I'm interested
in the little characters hanging around with this beetle...
… bennett gray, 9 October, 2005 - 3:13pm login or register to post comments

 
I wondered.......
.........about them too but not very clear for ID
… Arlene Ripley, 9 October, 2005 - 4:14pm login or register to post comments

we're confused
by the location. Did you photograph this in British Coumbia or in Maryland?
… john and jane balaban, 9 October, 2005 - 2:45pm login or register to post comments

 
BC not MD
oops, it was photographed in BC. The MD reference is my location. Sorry.
… Arlene Ripley, 9 October, 2005 - 4:05pm login or register to post comments

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