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American Oil Beetle

Meloe americanus

Photo by abcoblentz
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Iridescent blue

Habitat:

Woods

Reference Links:

A Blister Beetle - Meloe americanus - Overview, Meloe

Species ID Suggestions

Blister beetle

Family Meloidae
stho002
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Comments (1)
abcoblentz
Thank you, stho002 for helping me identify this! I have never seen such color on an insect before in the area.
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PublishedSeptember 22, 2013

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