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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » False Blister Beetles (Oedemeridae) » Oedemerinae » Ditylini » Ditylus » Ditylus caeruleus
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large beetle - Ditylus caeruleus
Copyright © 2008 tom murray

large beetle - Ditylus caeruleus
Milan, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
June 3, 2008
Size: 18mm
This reminds me of a blister beetle, but the head and pronotum don't look right.
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Contributed by tom murray on 4 June, 2008 - 9:59pm
Last updated 5 June, 2008 - 9:06am

False Blister Beetle
That explains why it looks like a blister beetle. Boris and Jim, thanks for the quick identification.
… tom murray, 5 June, 2008 - 9:06am login or register to post comments

 
and
Jim has it correct.
… Donald S. Chandler, 31 July, 2008 - 2:50pm login or register to post comments

Oedemeridae: Ditylus sp.
Fine - a rare one!
… Boris Büche, 5 June, 2008 - 5:16am login or register to post comments

 
Ditylus caeruleus
is the only genus member on the UNH checklist. Congratulations, Tom!
… Jim McClarin, 5 June, 2008 - 7:51am login or register to post comments

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