Say's Blister Beetle

Lytta sayi · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Meloidae

Also called: Say Blister Beetle

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Say's Blister Beetle
Photo: Jimmy Dee, CC BY-SA

Say's blister beetle lives in North America. Its native range is North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It occurs in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

It is native to North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 16 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Minnesota, Vermont, Wisconsin, Maine, New York, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Massachusetts.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Say's Blister Beetle photo 2
Photo: Michael Nerrie, CC BY
Say's Blister Beetle photo 3
Photo: Healthy Yards, CC BY
Say's Blister Beetle photo 4
Photo: Bobby McCabe, CC BY
Say's Blister Beetle photo 5
Photo: iNaturalist user, CC0

Same family (Meloidae)

Black Blister BeetleBlack Blister BeetleEpicauta pensylvanicaCan irritate skinBlack Oil BeetleBlack Oil BeetleMeloe proscarabaeusViolet Oil BeetleViolet Oil BeetleMeloe violaceusMylabris variabilisMylabris variabilisBrassy Blister BeetleBrassy Blister BeetleLytta aeneaEpicauta hirticornisEpicauta hirticornisCan irritate skin

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lytta_sayi

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-25 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-25.

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