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Blister beetle

fam Meloidae

Description:

25-35 mm.

Habitat:

Siphiso rest camp -26.210672,32.000085, Altitude 153.980 m Lowland mixed forest, close to a dry riverbank. Rain season.

1 Species ID Suggestions

BugEric
BugEric 10 years ago
Blister beetle
Meloidae (family) Meloidae — Meloidae (Category)


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4 Comments

Tiz
Tiz 10 years ago

Thank you for your comment and interestin in this beetle Lauren. Always interesting to read your analyzes and comments.

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

Wonderful Blister Beetle, it has such an unusual head, almost like false eyes.

Tiz
Tiz 10 years ago

Thank you Sergio for your comment :)
And BugEric, excellent to narrow it down to family, I could not tell that it was a blister beetle. Thank you for that!

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 10 years ago

What a beautiful beetle and photos! Very nice, Tiz, congratulations.

Tiz
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Submitted on Jan 15, 2014

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