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Blister beetle
Zonitis bilineata
38.8337, -104.738
Field Notes
Description:
About 9-10 mm in length, orange with white elytra (wing covers) that may or may not be striped with black.
Habitat:
Strongly associated with sunflowers (Helianthus annuum) in degraded shortgrass prairie habitat with yucca, prickly-pear cacti, and scattered elm trees.
Notes:
This species is common this year, but has been scarce or absent in previous years. Specimens with all-white elytra may be freshly emerged from the pupa stage and the black stripes not yet fully expressed.
Reference Links:
Species Zonitis bilineata - BugGuide.Net
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PublishedJuly 31, 2014
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