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Blister beetle

Epicauta hirsutipubescens

Photo by BugEric
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Field Notes

Description:

Roughly 15 millimeters in body length, colored as shown, with distinct longitudinal ridges on the elytra (wing covers).

Habitat:

Attracted to lights at a gas station in a heavily urbanized section of Tucson.

Notes:

Identification tentative, by me, from comparison to other images. E. virgulata is the other possibility. It is difficult to ID many meloids without dissecting the genitalia.

Reference Links:

Epicauta hirsutipubescens - Overview

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