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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Blister Beetles (Meloidae) » Meloinae » Pyrota » Checkered Blister Beetles (Pyrota Checkered Blister Beetles) » Pyrota insulata
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beetle - Pyrota insulata
Copyright © 2017 Dave Barker

beetle - Pyrota insulata
29.797438, -100.997888, Val Verde County, Texas, USA
February 24, 2017
Size: approx 2.2 cm body length
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Contributed by Dave Barker on 9 March, 2017 - 9:52am
Last updated 9 March, 2017 - 11:45am

Moved
Moved from Pyrota.
… v belov, 9 March, 2017 - 11:45am login or register to post comments

Moved, Pyrota sp.
Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 9 March, 2017 - 11:44am login or register to post comments

Looks to be
one of the Pyrota

a challenging genus!
… john and jane balaban, 9 March, 2017 - 10:03am login or register to post comments

 
Challenging?
I just figures--it seems like most of the beetles that come to my lights out there are challenging. Thanks!
… Dave Barker, 9 March, 2017 - 10:15am login or register to post comments

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