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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 vittata
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Megetra - Megetra vittata - male - female
Copyright © 2005 RobinL

Megetra - Megetra vittata - Male Female
San Juan County, New Mexico, USA
September 21, 2005
Smaller male, larger female, I believe. Dots are sand grains splashed up during a thunderstorm. You can just barely make out a waterdrop near the 2nd red band on the female. I was fascinated by the way the female seemed to "puff up".
Doing some googling with the ID from this website, I found another site which identifies these further as megetra vittata. hmmmm. Not sure what that means, but I'll throw it on out there. :) See http://content.test.denison.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/insectary3&CISOPTR=56&REC=8

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Contributed by RobinL on 25 September, 2005 - 9:56pm
Last updated 15 March, 2009 - 11:32am

Moved
Moved from Megetra.
… john and jane balaban, 15 March, 2009 - 11:32am login or register to post comments

Megetra vittata (LeConte)
John Pinto det.
… v belov, 15 March, 2009 - 10:49am login or register to post comments

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By the way: I, personally, would probably post something like this as an ID request to make sure of my ID before moving it to the guide- but perhaps you know more about beetles than I do.
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