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Blister Beetle

Posted by July 7th, 2004 at 12:00 am

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Blister Beetles

and something else I dont know what it is…
AWESOME site!
The other I have no clue what it is. It was taken on the shore of Lake Michigan at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore…there were hundreds of these hanging around. Any idea?
Josh in Detroit

tiger beetle beech Blister Beetle

Hi Josh,
One of our beetle experts Dan, says this looks to be one of the Meloid Blister Beetles. The genus is Epicauta, the species indeterminate. The family includes the European Beetle that is used to make the aphrodesiac Spanish Fly.

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