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Blister (?) Beetle - Lytta magister
Copyright © 1993 john and jane balaban

Blister (?) Beetle - Lytta magister
Puerto Blanco Trail, Organ Pipe Natl Monument, southwest, Arizona, USA
April 13, 1993
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Blister (?) Beetle - Lytta magister Blister (?) Beetle - Lytta magister
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 16 January, 2005 - 12:49pm
Last updated 24 March, 2005 - 12:13pm

Blister beetles
These are blister beetles, probably Lytta magister. This may be a line of males pursuing a female.
… Eric R. Eaton, 18 January, 2005 - 12:36pm

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