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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Blister Beetles (Meloidae) » Meloinae » Eupomphini » Iron Cross Blister Beetle (Tegrodera) » Tegrodera aloga
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Yellow and red flying bug - Tegrodera aloga
Copyright © 2013 eyrefire

Yellow and red flying bug - Tegrodera aloga
Gilbert, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
April 18, 2013
Size: 1 inch
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Contributed by eyrefire on 18 April, 2013 - 2:57pm
Last updated 18 April, 2013 - 4:02pm

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… margarethe brummermann, 18 April, 2013 - 4:02pm login or register to post comments

This is
an Iron-Cross Blister Beetle, Tegrodera aloga.

Be careful with these little guys, they produce cantharidin which can cause a nasty blister.

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… Arianna Weisbly, 18 April, 2013 - 3:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
Thank you so much for identifying this guy for us! One of my 3rd grade students found it out on our field yesterday at school and we were all so curious about what it was. I'll be sure none of them touch it and only observe! Beautiful creature!
… eyrefire, 19 April, 2013 - 11:03am login or register to post comments

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