Posted 2014-01-19 12:09 PM Subject: RE: Is this a blister beetle?
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Posts: 260 Location: Gonzales texas
rodeomom3 - 2014-01-19 12:01 PM
Sure looks like pics I found online. Found it in my alfalfa :(
I don't see the picture.?? I sure hope not!!! Where did your alfalfa come from? There was a thread not to long ago that they are showing up in other places besides the usual ;( ;(
Oh it came up. The part just behind the head looks too big but I'm certainly not an expert! But i thought they were more elongated. ?? Can you get a close up of the head thorax and mouth parts? Maybe we have a resident entomologist on here. Any one locally you can take it to?
Posted 2014-01-19 12:16 PM Subject: RE: Is this a blister beetle?
Toastest with the Mostest
Posts: 5712 Location: That part of Texas
I don't think it is but I could be wrong. I think blister beetles have much smaller heads than that one and a smaller center body part that attaches to the bigger back end if you know what I mean. That one in your picture looks more like a dung beetle or stink bug as we call them than a blister beetle. I found a picture of a carpet beetle that looks like the one you posted -- maybe. Hope some others chime in case I am wrong though.
Is this a blister beetle?
