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Black Beetles - Epicauta pensylvanica
Copyright © 2010 sarinole

Black Beetles - Epicauta pensylvanica
Cedar Park, Williamson County, Texas, USA
October 19, 2010

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Contributed by sarinole on 20 October, 2010 - 1:11am
Last updated 26 October, 2010 - 7:06am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… sarinole, 26 October, 2010 - 7:06am login or register to post comments

black blister beetle
Of the Epicauta genus. Often found chewing on flowers.
… Matthew Priebe, 20 October, 2010 - 1:44am login or register to post comments

 
E. pennsylvanica -- det. J.D. Pinto
… v belov, 20 October, 2010 - 9:18am login or register to post comments

 
Epicauta pennsylvanica
http://bugguide.net/node/view/23806 "V" man you beat me to it......this is what I got it to before I saw you had already posted so I still get Two points
… James E. Garrison, 20 October, 2010 - 7:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
...for the quick response. May I go ahead and move it? This would be a first report from Texas.
… sarinole, 20 October, 2010 - 9:45am login or register to post comments

 
sure -- pls move
i think you meant, first BG pix of this beast from TX [the species is not uncommon there]
… v belov, 25 October, 2010 - 10:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Exactly
They're VERY common here and well known to anyone who has horses.
… sarinole, 26 October, 2010 - 7:05am login or register to post comments

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