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Margined blister beetle? - Epicauta funebris
Copyright © 2004 John Fox

Margined blister beetle? - Epicauta funebris
Northern, Virginia, USA
August 11, 2004
Possible Epicauta pestifera in a soybean field. There are a couple good images at

http://www.insectimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=1235110
http://www.insectimages.org/images/768x512/3413053.jpg

And one on a page about soybean pests at

http://ipm.ncsu.edu/soybeans/insects/insects_soybeans.html

Any thoughts?

Thanks,
John
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Contributed by John Fox on 19 August, 2004 - 11:53am
Last updated 14 February, 2006 - 2:18pm

Moving to species page.
In the interest of simplicity and probability, I'm moving this to the species page:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 14 February, 2006 - 2:17pm login or register to post comments

See Eric's comments
Here:

Sounds like the genus is right but who knows about the species. Oddly enough, I don't see the species you mentioned even listed in the NCSU collection.
… Troy Bartlett, 19 August, 2004 - 8:30pm login or register to post comments

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