blister beetle

Medium sized black/dark green metallic blister beetles with a small red dot on their forehead. Longer wings than meloe (black oil beetles) but they still don't entirely cover the abdomen.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Sorry, too distracted by the flower eater on the right :) Posted one year ago
1. morpheme
  
  Lion
  
  Lots of photobombers out this trip. I think those same little gray beetles are in the springbeauty flowers too. Posted one year ago
2. 1. Christine Young
    
    Lion
    
    The tiny beetles might be Listrus sp. Posted one year ago

Christine Young

Lion

Love the red dot. I think it might be the black form of Lytta stygica group.

https://bugguide.net/node/view/1083768/bgimage Posted one year ago, modified one year ago
1. morpheme
  
  Lion
  
  I think you are right. The other very similar species L. cyanipennis, my book says it doesn't appear in the area I was in. Posted one year ago