A Pedilus terminalis in Harford Co., Maryland (4/14/2016).
A Pedilus terminalis in Montgomery Co., Maryland (4/15/2016).
An adult male Pedilus terminalis in Frederick Co., Maryland (4/26/2015). Verified by dkyoung and V. Belov/BugGuide.
Pedilus terminalis in Howard Co., Maryland (5/10/2021). (c) Zachary Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Male Pedilus terminalis feeding on the cantharidin exuded by the larger Meloe campanicollis in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/29/2007).
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Male Pedilus terminalis feeding on the cantharidin exuded by the larger Meloe campanicollis in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/29/2007).
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Sara Tangren
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Pedilus terminalis in Baltimore Co., Maryland (4/27/2023). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Pedilus terminalis in Harford Co., Maryland (4/28/2024). (c) jmole, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Pedilus terminalis in Howard Co., Maryland (5/10/2021). (c) Zachary Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Pedilus terminalis in Howard Co., Maryland (5/10/2021). (c) Zachary Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Pedilus terminalis in Montgomery Co., Maryland (4/17/2023). (c) Zachary Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Pedilus terminalis in Montgomery Co., Maryland (4/30/2021). (c) Zachary Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Pedilus terminalis in Montgomery Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) jonsense, some rights reserved (CC BY).
A male Pedilus terminalis in Harford Co., Maryland (4/23/2021). Verified by Daniel K. Young and Vassili Belov/BugGuide.
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"Adults of many genera, notably Pedilus, are attracted to cantharidin (males seek out blister beetles, climb onto them and lick off the cantharidin the blister beetles exude and use the blistering agent to impress a female of their own species who then mates with them, whereupon most of the cantharidin is transfered to the female in the form of a sperm packet. The eggs the female subsequently lays are coated with cantharidin to protect them from being eaten before they hatch. -Jim McClarin, 26.iii.2006)" (BugGuide, 2006).
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A Pedilus terminalis in Harford Co., Maryland (4/14/2016).
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A Pedilus terminalis in Montgomery Co., Maryland (4/15/2016).
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An adult male Pedilus terminalis in Frederick Co., Maryland (4/26/2015). Verified by dkyoung and V. Belov/BugGuide.
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Pedilus terminalis in Howard Co., Maryland (5/10/2021). (c) Zachary Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Male Pedilus terminalis feeding on the cantharidin exuded by the larger Meloe campanicollis in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/29/2007).
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Male Pedilus terminalis feeding on the cantharidin exuded by the larger Meloe campanicollis in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/29/2007).
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Pedilus terminalis in Baltimore Co., Maryland (4/27/2023). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Pedilus terminalis in Harford Co., Maryland (4/28/2024). (c) jmole, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Pedilus terminalis in Howard Co., Maryland (5/10/2021). (c) Zachary Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Pedilus terminalis in Howard Co., Maryland (5/10/2021). (c) Zachary Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Pedilus terminalis in Montgomery Co., Maryland (4/17/2023). (c) Zachary Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Pedilus terminalis in Montgomery Co., Maryland (4/30/2021). (c) Zachary Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Pedilus terminalis in Montgomery Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) jonsense, some rights reserved (CC BY).
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A male Pedilus terminalis in Harford Co., Maryland (4/23/2021). Verified by Daniel K. Young and Vassili Belov/BugGuide.
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Source: Wikipedia
| Pedilus terminalis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Pyrochroidae |
| Genus: | Pedilus |
| Species: | P. terminalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pedilus terminalis (Say, 1827)
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Pedilus terminalis is a species of fire-colored beetle in the family Pyrochroidae.[1][2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Pedilus terminalis". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
- ^ "Pedilus terminalis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
- ^ "Pedilus terminalis Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
Further reading
[edit]- Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
- LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
- White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.
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