Category: Can be a pest in vegetable gardens

  • Margined Blister Beetle

    Margined Blister Beetle

    It looks a bit like a Lightning Bug but don’t be fooled. This is a Margined Blister Beetle (Epicauta funebris), which can be found in North America east of the Great Plains.  There are three color forms of this beetle, black, ash-gray, and margined as seen here. They exude a substance called cantharidin if disturbed,…