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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Blister Beetles (Meloidae) » Meloinae » Epicautini » Epicauta » subgenus Macrobasis (Epicauta subgenus Macrobasis) » Epicauta purpurea
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unknown beetle - Epicauta purpurea
Copyright © 2011 Bethanne

unknown beetle - Epicauta purpurea
Portal, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
July 27, 2011
Chiricahua mountains near Portal, found on the road walking down from Onion Saddle toward Turkey Junction
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Contributed by Bethanne on 17 October, 2011 - 7:33pm
Last updated 18 October, 2011 - 9:21am

Moved
Moved from subgenus Macrobasis.
… v belov, 18 October, 2011 - 9:21am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 17 October, 2011 - 7:57pm login or register to post comments

Looks like a Blister Beetle
Take a look at the Blister Beetles, especially those in the genus Epicauta, and see if you find a match.
… Peter Edelman, 17 October, 2011 - 7:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Looks like a possible Epicauta purpurea to me.
… Bethanne, 17 October, 2011 - 8:06pm login or register to post comments

 
good call; ID confirmed by J.D. Pinto: E. purpurea (Horn)
… v belov, 18 October, 2011 - 9:22am login or register to post comments

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