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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Blister Beetles (Meloidae) » Meloinae » Lytta » Subgenus Pomphopoea (Lytta Subgenus Pomphopoea) » Lytta aenea
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Blister Beetle - Lytta aenea
Copyright © 2011 Ken

Blister Beetle - Lytta aenea
Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
April 26, 2011
Size: approx 20-25mm
Originally submitted as: Bee, Wasp, ??
Found on the floor of a wooded trail in southeastern PA. It was rotating in a circular pattern on a dead leaf, with its head moving laterally and the tip of its abdomen almost stationary. From time to time it would change position slightly, and then resume the same pattern of movement. Might somebody know what this behavior indicates?
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Contributed by Ken on 27 April, 2011 - 7:51am
Last updated 27 April, 2011 - 2:23pm

re: observed behavior
Dr Pinto's input: "I recall similar behavior in stressed or wounded meloids. Have no idea as to significance."
… v belov, 30 April, 2011 - 3:00pm login or register to post comments

 
re: Dr Pinto's input
Thanks for asking him.
… Ken, 30 April, 2011 - 3:13pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken, 27 April, 2011 - 2:23pm login or register to post comments

Lytta aenea
… v belov, 27 April, 2011 - 8:20am login or register to post comments

beetle
you might try searching Meloinae until someone comes up with an id
… Maury J. Heiman, 27 April, 2011 - 8:10am login or register to post comments

Beetle
in the family Meliodae...I am unfamiliar with the flight behavior tho....
… Guy A. Hanley, 27 April, 2011 - 8:09am login or register to post comments

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