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Short-winged Blister Beetle

Meloe angusticollis

Photo by alaynahuter
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Field Notes

Description:

Black Beetle

Notes:

I found this beetle in an ant pile. Possibly eating ants?

Reference Links:

Meloe angusticollis

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (7)
animaisfotos
Beautiful creature. Well caught. Thanks for sharing.
Dan Doucette
Welcome to Project Noah. This is a cool looking insect. alaynahuter, now that you have the correct ID for your spotting, you can go to 'edit this spotting' in the upper right corner and click on it. There you can add the latin name and common name -short-winged blister beetle, so this won't be an 'unknown spotting' any more. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meloe_angusticollis
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PublishedMay 27, 2011

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