# Identify this beetle bug?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-beetle-bug/839683>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 4, 2019, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-beetle-bug/839683 "2019-09-04T14:22:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-beetle-bug/839683/1 "2019-09-04T14:22:13Z")

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[Pic](https://imgur.com/a/sVBHSON). Central South Carolina.

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**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-beetle-bug/839683/2 "2019-09-04T14:36:15Z")

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blister beetle?

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-beetle-bug/839683/3 "2019-09-04T16:20:34Z")

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Don’t know what it is (Google Lens comes up with some similar but insufficiently similar species) but it is definitely not a blister beetle–morphology is way off.

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**Author:** ![Joeu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joeu/32/2911_2.png) [@Joeu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joeu)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-beetle-bug/839683/4 "2019-09-04T16:33:21Z")

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Looks like _Asphaera lustrans_, I think.

> **[Species Asphaera lustrans - Shiny Flea Beetle](https://bugguide.net/node/view/7005)**
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> An online resource devoted to North American insects, spiders and their kin, offering identification, images, and information.

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-beetle-bug/839683/5 "2019-09-04T16:39:47Z")

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Apparently _Asphaera lustrans_ is just the name of its crotch…

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-beetle-bug/839683/6 "2019-09-04T17:18:09Z")

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> [@Joeu](#):
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> Looks like _Asphaera lustrans_, I think.  
> [Species Asphaera lustrans - Shiny Flea Beetle - BugGuide.Net](https://bugguide.net/node/view/7005)

Thanks. Sure looks like it. Great introductory post!