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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Blister Beetles (Meloidae) » Meloinae » Lytta » Subgenus Paralytta (Lytta Subgenus Paralytta) » Magister Group (Lytta Magister Group) » Master Blister Beetle (Lytta magister)
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Blister Beetle? - Lytta magister
Copyright © 2008 C Martin

Blister Beetle? - Lytta magister
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California, USA
March 19, 2008
Size: About 3 centimeters long.
There were a large number of these hanging from plants just after dawn, every one of them utterly motionless, some of them mating. I saw them flying the previous day in the afternoon, and noted that they were quite loud. My books are unclear if this is in the Meloidae family (Blister beetles) or Cantharidae (Soldier beetles).
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Contributed by C Martin on 25 March, 2008 - 4:07pm
Last updated 25 March, 2008 - 6:08pm

Cool!
Maybe they were all doing their morning exercises! LOL! Awesome pics!
… theaboo1961, 21 April, 2010 - 10:06am login or register to post comments

The behavior
is described here.
… Jim McClarin, 25 March, 2008 - 7:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Awesome!
I had no clue what they were up to--that explains a lot! Thank you!
… C Martin, 25 March, 2008 - 8:29pm login or register to post comments

Lytta magister - Master Blister Beetle
Lots of records from Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Mike
… Mike Quinn, 25 March, 2008 - 6:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thank you so much!
… C Martin, 25 March, 2008 - 6:09pm login or register to post comments

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