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National Moth Week was July 19-27, and the Summer 2025 gathering in Louisiana, July 19-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2024

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Family Meloidae - Blister Beetles

Tetraonyx · Nemognathinae · Meloinae · Unidentified Larvae

Genus Tetraonyx
Blister Beetle - Tetraonyx fulva Tetraonyx quadrimaculata (Fabricius) - Tetraonyx quadrimaculata Tetraonyx quadrimaculata (Fabricius) - Tetraonyx quadrimaculata Tetraonyx fulva LeConte - Tetraonyx fulva Unknown 'Bug' 2468 - Tetraonyx fulva Meloidae - Tetraonyx fulva Zonitis? - Tetraonyx fulva Tetraonyx quadrimaculata

Subfamily Nemognathinae
Blister Beetle - Zonitis vittigera Nemognatha nemorensis Tricrania sanguinipennis Unknown 'Bug' 8200 - Zonitis Red-orange Blister Beetle - Nemognatha Zonitis bilineata Meloidae - Zonitis? - Zonitis Zonitis punctipennis (1) - Zonitis punctipennis - male

Subfamily Meloinae
Unknown Bug - Epicauta pardalis Grey Blister Beetle - Epicauta caviceps Meloe - Meloe campanicollis - male - female Megetra vittata - Megetra Male, Epicauta subgenus Macrobasis? - Epicauta liebecki Epicauta fabricii ashgray blister beetle - Epicauta Purple bug - Lytta nuttalli Epicauta blister beetles - Epicauta

Unidentified Larvae
beetle larva 2 triungulins? found in honey bee colony Parasites or hitchhikers on Bombus insularis Parasites or hitchhikers on Bombus insularis Meloidae or Ripiphorus? beetle larvae on Nomada cuckoo bee Unknown insect on Melissodes bee Triungulin on Lasioglossum


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