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Spotted Blister Beetle

Epicauta maculata

Description:

Spotted Blister Beetle feeding.

Habitat:

I found them in a Jimsonweed or Sacred Thorn-apple plant (Datura wrightii)

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3 Comments

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Thank you Yuko and Keith.

KeithRoragen
KeithRoragen 11 years ago

I love this beetle. It looks like the poor thing has got the measles.

YukoChartraw
YukoChartraw 11 years ago

Pretty!

LuisStevens
Spotted by
LuisStevens

San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Spotted on Sep 30, 2012
Submitted on Nov 27, 2012

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