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Spotted Blister Beetle

Epicauta pardalis

Photo by ktcosmos
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Field Notes

Description:

Elongated body,black and white patterning on back resembling a "QR" code. All over buckwheat in my garden but not on any other plants. Appeared in last couple days, there maybe a thousand of them.

Habitat:

Garden in Northern Arizona.

Species ID Suggestions

Spotted Blister Beetle

Epicauta pardalis

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ForestDragon
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Comments (2)
ktcosmos
Someone suggested Epicauta pardalis for the black and white ones, but I hadn't noticed the gray ones till you mentioned seeing more than one kind in the photo. Thank you
Christine Y.
Looks like there's a second species of blister beetle in the first photo - white with black spots. Maybe another Epicauta? Epicauta apache?

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Backyard Habitats of the World
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Arthropoding around the arizona
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PublishedJuly 15, 2016

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