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Blister Beetle

Mylabris oculata

Habitat:

Spotted Namibia, Namib Naukluft area

10 Comments

IsabellaFiers
IsabellaFiers 11 years ago

Jeannette,

Of course I forget Bayucca not, absolutely not, he always helps me on the right track ;-)))

Jeannette
Jeannette 11 years ago

Hehe, don't forget bayucca :)

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Mine as well, at least my genus was right...

Johan Heyns
Johan Heyns 11 years ago

My pleasure again.

IsabellaFiers
IsabellaFiers 11 years ago

Thanks Johan for the perfect identification !!

Johan Heyns
Johan Heyns 11 years ago

The identifying feature is the coloured antennae: CMR Bean Beetle (Mylabris oculata) which comes is a few colour variants.

http://www.warrenphotographic.co.uk/2327...

http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/beet...

http://www.beetlesofafrica.com/beetle_de...

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Fantastic!

KarenSaxton
KarenSaxton 11 years ago

great capture

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 11 years ago

Excellent pictures!

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Meloidae, Blister Beetle. Quite nasty to flowers and toxic (blisters!). Pustulatus from the link is from India. There is also a Mylabris pustula which looks similar to yours. I am not suer about the species. Take it as a hint!

IsabellaFiers
Spotted by
IsabellaFiers

Windhoek, Namibia

Spotted on Jul 15, 2009
Submitted on Jun 16, 2012

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