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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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Please help us to identify this guy. - Pyrota insulata
Copyright © 2020 Andrew Kahl

Please help us to identify this guy. - Pyrota insulata
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
March 27, 2020
Size: body ~3.5 cm

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Please help us to identify this guy. - Pyrota insulata Please help us to identify this guy. - Pyrota insulata
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Contributed by Andrew Kahl on 27 March, 2020 - 10:33pm
Last updated 28 March, 2020 - 7:53am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
J&J got it.

Beautiful beetle, thanks for sharing.
… Jeff Brown, 28 March, 2020 - 7:53am login or register to post comments

 
Pyrota insulata (Yellow-crescent Blister Beetle)
Jeff and JBrown:
The beetle is beautiful because I just broke my 105mm macro Nikon lens and used the old-fashion 30-70mm macro Nikkor.
Cheers -
Andrew
… Andrew Kahl, 28 March, 2020 - 4:07pm login or register to post comments

maybe Pyrota insulata?
… john and jane balaban, 27 March, 2020 - 11:02pm login or register to post comments

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