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rwbigfoot Jul 31, 2009

please id this beetle lots of these chewing up my clematis and not touching anything else

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rwbigfoot Jul 31, 2009

i've got a better photo of the little bugger!

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Jul 31, 2009

This appears to be a margined blister beetle (Epicauta pestifera; Coleoptera: Meloidae); see http://tinyurl.com/nrgqn2 for an image and http://tinyurl.com/ngbeba for more information.

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rwbigfoot Aug 01, 2009

That's my Beetle suunto! Thanks again I sprayed the plant with soap water didn't do much of nothing for the lot of them. will use some seven dust I think that will do them in. How do you know so much about bugs? God's Blessings on you and yours.

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