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Master Blister Beetle

Lytta magister

3,680 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) bryanto, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

What the records say

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 117, February 101, March 463, April 441, May 202, June 94, July 80, August 82, September 104, October 106, November 136, December 105.
United States2,526
California1,288
Arizona1,086
Nevada286
Utah77
Mexico17
Sonora13
Baja California3
Idaho1
Chihuahua1

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
GenusLytta

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Master Blister Beetle with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.