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Dark Blister Beetle

Epicauta murina

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 4, February 4, March 6, April 12, May 22, June 18, July 12, August 7, September 7, October 6, November 4, December 3.
Canada237
United States176
Ontario93
Quebec79
Colorado39
Michigan24
New Brunswick24
New York20
Nova Scotia20
Minnesota18

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderBeetles · Coleoptera
FamilyBlister Beetles · Meloidae
GenusBurning Blister Beetles · Epicauta

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