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Note that dead specimens lose their blue coloration that they have in life. Deadstock is black.
Buy this dead insect for local school collection projects in the following states though they probably occur also in unlisted neighboring states to some extent. Dried specimens of this species are native to or established in the following areas of the United States.
Arizona, California, Nevada
| Taxonomy | Body Length | ~19mm | ||
| Kingdom | Animalia | Wingspan | n/a | |
| Phylum | Arthropoda | Life Stage | Adult | |
| Class | Insecta | Status | Frozen/Black | |
| Order | Coleoptera | Bugguide Info & Photos | ||
| Family | Tenebrionidae | Range/Distribution | ||
| Subfamily | Pimeliinae | |||
| Genus | Asbolus | |||
| Species | verrucosus | |||
| Common Name | Blue Death Feigning Beetle |
