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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) » Meloinae » Epicautini » Epicauta » subgenus Epicauta (Epicauta subgenus Epicauta) » Cinerea Group (Epicauta Cinerea Group) » Margined Blister Beetle (Epicauta funebris)
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Grey and black beetle - Epicauta funebris
Copyright © 2004 Hannah Nendick-Mason

Grey and black beetle - Epicauta funebris
Gainesville, Florida, USA
September 17, 2004
Similar in shape to a soldier beetle, but a little larger, fatter abdomen. Grey underneath, black marked with grey on top.
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Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 18 September, 2004 - 3:16pm
Last updated 30 July, 2006 - 12:58pm

prob. Margined Blister Beetle,Epicauta pestifera
Blister Beetle, family Meloidae, prob. genus Epicauta. Resembles E. pestifera, Dillon p. 295, plate XXX #8. Sometimes plant id. helps. That one likes a wide variety of plants.
Links:
Clemson Univ.
Univ. Florida Extension--mentions range in Florida.
Visuals Unlimited--stock photo
That id. looks pretty good to me. Hard to say, without something on others in genus, but I'd say it's good enough.
Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 18 September, 2004 - 4:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks exactly right,
so I'm glad I didn't handle it - I'm hypersensitive to this kind of thing!

I suspected you would be the one to ID it, with your beetle expertise (and, of course, Dillon)! Thanks!

Troy's picture is better than mine, but looks like the same fellow:

… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 18 September, 2004 - 7:16pm login or register to post comments

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