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Black Beetle - Epicauta
Copyright © 2014 margie joy

Black Beetle - Epicauta
Pueblo West, Pueblo County, Colorado, USA
September 5, 2014
Size: 12 to 15mm
large group of these on flowering broom snakeweed (Gutierrezia sarothrae), also on other flowers
Contributed by margie joy on 7 September, 2014 - 5:33pm
Last updated 22 August, 2020 - 4:01pm

Moved
Moved from Epicauta.
… v belov, 22 August, 2020 - 4:01pm

Moved
Moved from Blister Beetles.
… John S. Ascher, 26 November, 2014 - 8:20am

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… John S. Ascher, 15 October, 2014 - 7:23am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 6 October, 2014 - 3:59pm

Epicauta pennsylvanica?
Could it be Black Blister Beetle (Epicauta pennsylvanica)?
… margie joy, 8 September, 2014 - 3:32pm

blister beetles
Meloidae
… Even Dankowicz, 7 September, 2014 - 8:25pm

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