Blister Beetle. Epicauta sp. Meloidae.

ID Credit: John Horstman

 

Possibly Epicauta hirticornis, Haag-Rutenberg, 1880.

 

Bright orange head and jet black body.

 

We were on our way to breakfast at the hotel one morning when we found this guy on the stone steps. Naturally I dashed back to the room to get my camera and thankfully he stayed around long enough to get a few shots.

Done