Blister beetles; Description:; Blister beetles vary by species in shape, size (3/8 to 1 inch long) and color (solid gray to black or with paler wing margins, metallic, yellowish striped or spotted). Most are long, cylindrical narrow-bodied beetles, which have heads that are wider than the ... Picture of Blister Beetle...
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Egg: The eggs of striped blister beetle are whitish in color and average about 1.8 mm in length and 0.7 mm in width, though the length ranges from 1.4-2.1 mm. They are elongate oval, with rounded ends.
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E. cincerea (Forster) - the clematis blister beetle. Eastern North America from Atlantic coast west to the Great Plains, southern Canada south to Texas and the Gulf Coast. Three major color forms: gray tinged with blackish, margined (black with ash gray margins), and black.
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Striped blister beetle, Epicauta vittata, and other species of blister beetles, may occur in large numbers within localized areas of soybean and alfalfa fields during July and August. ... Most blister beetle species have one generation per year. Females lay eggs in soil from late summer into early fall. Eggs are laid...
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Description: The striking adult beetle is 5/8 to 1 3/16 inch long and the body is adorned by a black and creamy white blotchy color pattern. Its exoskeleton (integument) is extremely hard. Other species of the genus Zopherus, which contains 19 species, are known from western Texas.
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Adult - Blister beetles are slender insects 12 to 19 mm long. They have prominent heads and may be black, gray with black spots, or black and yellow striped. Color plate.
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Egg: The eggs of striped blister beetle are whitish in color and average about 1.8 mm in length and 0.7 mm in width, though the length ranges from 1.4-2.1 mm. They are elongate oval, with rounded ends.
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Iron Cross Blister Beetles (Tegrodera aloga) are large, brightly colored beetles with a black cross on their yellow back and ... ... Blister beetles in harvested alfalfa have fatally poisoned horses. Dilute cantharadin "beetle juice" from another species of blister beetle has been used to treat warts. Spanish Fly beetles...
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  There are more than 200 species of blister beetles, each varying in size, shape and color, but the most common is genus iEpicauta which commonly contaminates alfalfa hay causing toxicosis in horses.  Blister beetles range from 0.5-1.5 inches in length and can be black, brown, ...   Blister beetle, or cantharidin,
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