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Oil Beetle

Meloe sp.

Photo by KateFoulke
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Field Notes

Description:

Female

Habitat:

Suburban

Notes:

Species ID Suggestions

Oil Beetle

Meloe sp.

Reference Link
ForestDragon
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Comments (1)
ForestDragon
Cool find! This interesting beetle is a member of the Blister Beetle family. I am not sure which species this is but BugGuide has a variety of them listed that you can look through. You may or may not find a match for a species, but if you don't you can just leave it under the genus as I typed it above in the ID suggestion. http://bugguide.net/node/view/303/bgpage
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PublishedJanuary 22, 2017

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