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Violetter Ölkäfer, Blauer Maiwurm (Violet Oil Beetle)

Meloe violaceus

Photo by eduard.renfer
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Species ID Suggestions

Violet Oil Beetle

Meloe violaceus

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Comments (3)
eduard.renfer
Thanks for the help! It looked much more blueish in nature, so I guess its the Violet oil beetle...
bayucca
Some links: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violetter_Ölkäfer http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwarzblauer_Ölkäfer
bayucca
Could also be the other one: Meloe proscarabaeus. Do you have a closer picture of the pronotum to separate the two "identical" species?

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PublishedApril 20, 2013

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