Cissites maculata

Cissites maculata · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Meloidae

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Cissites maculata
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY

Its native range is the Neotropical realm.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It lives in the Neotropical realm.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

It is native to the Neotropical realm.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Cissites maculata photo 2
Photo: iNaturalist user, CC0
Cissites maculata photo 3
Photo: Raul Padilla Peña, CC BY-SA
Cissites maculata photo 4
Photo: Carlos A. Padrón P., CC BY-SA
Cissites maculata photo 5
Photo: Gabriel Jovêncio Ribeiro, CC BY

Same family (Meloidae)

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

Sources

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

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Text written 2026-10-24 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.

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