''Epicauta funebris'', known generally as the margined blister beetle or ebony blister beetle, is a species of
blister beetle
Blister beetles are beetles of the family Meloidae, so called for their defensive secretion of a blistering agent, cantharidin. About 7,500 species are known worldwide. Many are conspicuous and some are aposematically colored, announcing their ...
in the family
Meloidae. It is found in North America. It is similar in color to
Epicauta cinerea
''Epicauta cinerea'', the clematis blister beetle, is a species of blister beetle
Blister beetles are beetles of the family Meloidae, so called for their defensive secretion of a blistering agent, cantharidin. About 7,500 species are known wo ...
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Meloidae
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Beetles described in 1873
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