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	<title>What's That Bug? &#187; Blister Beetles</title>
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		<title>A Pair of Oil Beetles</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/20/a-pair-of-oil-beetles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ground beetle?
November 20, 2009
I found these 2 handsome beetles while digging in the garden in NE massachusetts in early november; I think they were a couple of inches down. I thought they were dead, and placed them in a container for later ID, and when I came back to them a few hours later, they [...]


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		<title>Oil Beetle</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/11/oil-beetle-13/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[black beetle-like insect with very large abdomen
November 10, 2009
We found 5 of these insects on the under side of our recycling bin. The largest was 3 inches long. We live in Portland Oregon, and it is November. The insects were sluggish, and appeared semi dormant. I wondered if they were a larval stage of another [...]


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		<title>Blister Beetle</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/15/blister-beetle-18/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Found in Prince Edward Island, Canada
October 14, 2009
Hello! I was happy to find your site today! What a lot of wonderful and informative information!
Last summer on vacation, I snapped a nice photo of a most interesting flying insect. I still have no idea what it is. It was June and we were on Prince Edward [...]


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		<title>Brazilian Blister Beetle</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/20/unknown-brazilian-beetle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/20/unknown-brazilian-beetle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[orange bug with blacks splotches and giant clampers
September 20, 2009
We walked outside and saw this on the ground. Please advise!
Jennifer
Sao jose dos campos, Brazil
Hi Jennifer,
We vowed this would be our last posting for the moment since we need to go to the market.  We anticipate that an exact identification may take us some time, so [...]


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		<title>Blister Beetle from Croatia</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/17/blister-beetle-from-croatia-we-believe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/17/blister-beetle-from-croatia-we-believe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Black and orange beetle
September 16, 2009
Found on the top of high grass in the summer on Croatia&#8217;s Mediterranean coast, these beautiful beetles seem to not be bothered by the hot midday sun. They can and will fly away if given the opportunity when captured (not the stuff seen in the first picture, those are remains [...]


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		<title>Blister Beetle from Germany</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/01/blister-beetle-from-germany/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/01/blister-beetle-from-germany/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Large, Metallic Blue Ant-Like Insect in Germany
September 1, 2009
I found this creature a few months back and haven&#8217;t been able to identify it.
I was walking in a hilly wooded area (deciduous) in May, 2009 on the warmer, south side of the hill. It had been a bit rainy and already warm for a few weeks [...]


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		<title>Mating Blister Beetles</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/23/mating-blister-beetles-4/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/23/mating-blister-beetles-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[black with red stripes
August 23, 2009
I&#8217;ve found a half-dozen or so of these guys crawling around behind the barn, although it might be a mistake to refer to them all as &#8220;guys&#8221;. they have five horizontal red stripes around a tapering body &#8211; maybe 3/4 to 1&#8243; long. Head and legs are more like those [...]


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		<title>Striped Blister Beetle</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/20/striped-blister-beetle-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:51:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What bug is this
August 20, 2009
i have a bunch of these bugs in my yard and i want to know what they are
michael
Duncan Oklahoma

Dear Michael,
This is a Striped Blister Beetle, Epicauta vittata.  According to BugGuide it:  &#8220;Feeds on variety of plants, especially Solanaceae (e.g., potatoes, tomatoes), also soybeans, other crops. Pigweed, Amaranthus species, not a [...]


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		<title>Blister Beetle</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/18/blister-beetle-17/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:22:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Black bug with red stripes and small wings
August 17, 2009
I have been seeing this unidentified bug on my walks for the last 3 or 4 years. They are usually walking across the road. The photos were taken in the evening at sundown. The bugs were climbing up to stay in the sun, and on the [...]


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		<title>Unknown Blister Beetle may be European import</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/22/unknown-blister-beetle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/22/unknown-blister-beetle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who&#8217;s eating my marigolds?
July 21, 2009
Hello! These guys arrived 3 days ago. I thought they were lightning bugs at first. The are buried in each marigold bud and sucking the life out of them. Like a plague of locusts, they have destroyed all the blooms, and there were many! We&#8217;ve used several different repellent sprays, [...]


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