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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) » Ashgray Blister Beetle (Epicauta fabricii)
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Gray Blister Beetle - Epicauta fabricii
Copyright © 2013 Stan Kelly

Gray Blister Beetle - Epicauta fabricii
Lac du Bonnet, Pinawabay in the R.M. of Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba, Canada
August 9, 2008
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Contributed by Stan Kelly on 20 May, 2013 - 9:52am
Last updated 21 October, 2013 - 2:20pm

Moved
Moved from subgenus Macrobasis.
… v belov, 21 October, 2013 - 2:20pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 20 May, 2013 - 11:11am login or register to post comments

pls add sighting date...
...and make sure to crop down just to the bug any images posted for identification purposes (click 'edit' and replace the photo with a cropped version)
… v belov, 20 May, 2013 - 10:01am login or register to post comments

 
Blue beetle edit
I have cropped and dated this insect as requested. I will keep in mind the cropping for further requests. Regards, Stan Kelly
… Stan Kelly, 20 May, 2013 - 10:36am login or register to post comments

 
thanx, Stan; suspect this to be E. fabricii; will show around
… v belov, 20 May, 2013 - 11:12am login or register to post comments

 
ID confirmed by J.D. Pinto: Epicauta fabricii
… v belov, 21 October, 2013 - 2:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Blue beetle
Thanks for running with this one! I've given it the old college try but come up dry so far.
… Stan Kelly, 20 May, 2013 - 11:20am login or register to post comments

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