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Photo#104481
Copyright © 2007
Paul Carlson
Black Beetle -
Meloe
Lory State Park, near Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, USA
April 21, 2007
Size: one inch
Contributed by
Paul Carlson
on 21 April, 2007 - 6:12pm
Last updated 5 June, 2009 - 10:43pm
from John Pinto:
"nothing I've seen before -- new?"
Moved from
Oil Beetles
.
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v belov
, 5 June, 2009 - 10:44pm
Hi Paul, good to see your images again
This looks like a male in the genus Meloe, see
here
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john and jane balaban
, 21 April, 2007 - 8:20pm
Thanks!
I moved the image to the Meloe genus. I've posted a couple others this spring, a Mourning Cloak butterfly and a black and yellow fly that looks like a bee (can't remeber the name).
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Paul Carlson
, 22 April, 2007 - 7:22pm