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Poling's Two-toned Blister Beetle

Epicauta polingi

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 56, February 54, March 61, April 116, May 71, June 35, July 31, August 32, September 58, October 41, November 53, December 51.
United States695
Texas639
New Mexico46
Mexico19
Nuevo Leon11
Arizona9
Coahuila de Zaragoza4
Durango2
Tamaulipas2
Kansas1

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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