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ADubin Indialantic, FL Jul 14, 2017

Can somebody please help me identify this bug? Thank you, ADubin

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Jul 15, 2017

These look somewhat like leaf beetles in the subfamily Galerucinae, but I would like to do a bit more digging on this one when I have the time (currently on a short vacation)...

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ADubin Indialantic, FL Jul 17, 2017

That would be fine with me.

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These look somewhat like leaf beetles in the subfamily Galerucinae, but I would like to do a bit more digging on this one when I have the time (currently on a short vacation)...



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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Jul 18, 2017

I now believe that these more likely are blister beetles in the genus Zonitus - see http://theearlybirder.com/insects/beetles/meloids/thumbnails/Zonitis%20vittigera%20178121.jpg for an example. I had not considered blister beetles at first because the pronotum of your specimens did not appear typical for that family...

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