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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 Epicauta (Epicauta subgenus Epicauta) » Maculata Group (Epicauta Maculata Group) » Spotted Blister Beetle (Epicauta maculata)
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Spotted Blister Beetle - Epicauta maculata
Copyright © 2006 Lynette Elliott

Spotted Blister Beetle - Epicauta maculata
Thompson Falls, Sanders County, Montana, USA
July 13, 2006
Epicauta?
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 19 September, 2006 - 8:17am
Last updated 11 December, 2008 - 8:29pm

Moved
Moved from Epicauta.
… Lynette Elliott, 11 December, 2008 - 8:29pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Lynette Elliott, 19 September, 2006 - 8:31pm login or register to post comments

Yes.
This is an Epicauta. There is a species complex of these polkadot types, of which this is a member:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 19 September, 2006 - 2:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Epicauta maculata Say
Epicauta maculata Say
… Dennis Haines, 11 December, 2008 - 5:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Dennis
in looking to create a species page I found this written description and this image. Neither seem to match exactly, but I don't know how much they vary.
… Lynette Elliott, 11 December, 2008 - 6:08pm login or register to post comments

 
I made the identification by
I made the identification by comparing your photo with identified specimens from Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. The match is excellent and they're from the same region.
… Dennis Haines, 11 December, 2008 - 6:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Great
thanks.
… Lynette Elliott, 11 December, 2008 - 8:30pm login or register to post comments

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