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Beetles - Miscellaneous

order Coleoptera

family Cantharidae (Soldier Beetles)

Soldier Beetle Chauliognathus scutellaris

Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, June 2005

family Chrysomeloidea (Long-horned and Leaf Beetles)

Ivory-marked Longhorn Beetle Eburia haldemani

The beetle (1" long) was boring holes in an old elm tree.

Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, July 2009

family Meloidae (Blister Beetles)

Blister Beetle Epicauta sp.

Photo taken in Taylor County, Texas, June 2004

Hunting Similar Species

Blister Beetle Epicauta caviceps - Fuzzy Gray

Epicauta occidentalis

Epicauta temexa

family Silvanidae (Silvanid Flat Bark Beetles)

Saw-toothed Grain Beetle Oryzaephilus surinamensis

These are tiny.  They come in chicken feed sacks.

Photo taken in Taylor County, Texas, November 2008

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Photo taken in Taylor County, Texas, May 2004

Possibly a Blister Beetle.

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Photo taken in Taylor County, Texas, August 2005