Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

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

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Blister Beetles (Meloidae) » Meloinae » Eupomphini » Megetra » Megetra punctata
Photo#214764
Blister Beetle - Megetra punctata - female
Copyright © 2008 margarethe brummermann

Blister Beetle - Megetra punctata - Female
Portal, Chiricahuas, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
August 12, 2008
Size: ca 20mm
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 16 August, 2008 - 8:16pm
Last updated 14 September, 2008 - 5:39pm

Moved
Moved from Megetra.
Clearly punctata; I also compared with specimens at UC Riverside.
… Hartmut Wisch, 14 September, 2008 - 5:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
… margarethe brummermann, 14 September, 2008 - 6:12pm login or register to post comments

Your beetle, Margarethe,
is most likely M. punctata (Elytra coarsely punctate, rather than reticulate, & rounded from top to side). Please see the new INFO page on this species, though its a work in progress.
I'll give you an update in a couple of days. Meanwhile, can you find some more?
… Hartmut Wisch, 11 September, 2008 - 12:30am login or register to post comments

 
found some more, finally
but they are males, I guess.
… margarethe brummermann, 5 August, 2010 - 12:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Great, Margarethe -
can you post photos?
… Hartmut Wisch, 5 August, 2010 - 2:05pm login or register to post comments

 
I did
they were on the road to Coronado National Monument, maybe a mile and a mile and a half north of it. I got two and Eric saw another one.
… margarethe brummermann, 5 August, 2010 - 3:21pm login or register to post comments

 
I did'nt even collect
this one - she looked so pregnant. Portal is a great place - a paradise for naturalists, but not exactly close to where I live in Tucson. The beetles seem to be even more common in New Mexico. So maybe next year. Thank you for the ID.
… margarethe brummermann, 11 September, 2008 - 8:59am login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact