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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Blister Beetles (Meloidae) » Meloinae » Eupomphini » Megetra » Megetra cancellata
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Quite Odd - Megetra cancellata - female
Copyright © 2008 Kari J McWest

Quite Odd - Megetra cancellata - Female
Little Florida Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico, USA
October 11, 2008
Size: abt 40 mm
These were found en masse! in a canyon southeast of Deming, New Mexico. Any ideas? I know scorpions, not beetles! =)
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Contributed by Kari J McWest on 1 November, 2008 - 1:23pm
Last updated 28 September, 2015 - 10:37am

Megetra cancellata
This is the only place I was able to find this interesting "bug". I live and work in Alamogordo, NM. I have lived her my entire life, moved to AZ for 5 years and came back. Not until this last summer did I see this bug and more than one. I showed everyone at work to see if anyone knew what it was, no one did. I have been trying to figure out what it was. This is wonderful! I noticed that I only saw them after a rain, is this normal? Or just an incorrect observation?
… desert flower, 18 November, 2008 - 10:29am login or register to post comments

Beautiful Picture, wish I cou
Beautiful Picture, wish I could come across one of these!
… Jason W., 1 November, 2008 - 6:49pm login or register to post comments

This is in the blister beetle family..
but it is in the genus Megetra

and i think it is Megetra cancellata to be more exact but lets wait for an expert before moving it to species level.

… Ron M., 1 November, 2008 - 2:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thanks y'all!
… Kari J McWest, 1 November, 2008 - 4:10pm login or register to post comments

It's a blister beetle of some
It's a blister beetle of some sort. I saw one once at Chaco Canyon.
… Rich Kelly, 1 November, 2008 - 1:50pm login or register to post comments

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