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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles (Tenebrionoidea) » Blister Beetles (Meloidae) » Meloinae » Oil Beetles (Meloe) » Short-Winged Blister Beetle (Meloe angusticollis)
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Seen on Crabtree Falls trail VA - Meloe angusticollis
Copyright © 2008 HikingBob

Seen on Crabtree Falls trail VA - Meloe angusticollis
Virginia, USA
April 10, 2008
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Contributed by HikingBob on 11 April, 2008 - 7:54pm
Last updated 5 June, 2009 - 10:22pm

prob. Meloe angusticollis
John Pinto det.

Moved from Oil Beetles.
… v belov, 5 June, 2009 - 10:22pm login or register to post comments

Nice portrait.
I concur with the Meloe identification, but wanted to compliment you on this image. Hoping you will share more insect images with us.
… Eric R. Eaton, 14 April, 2008 - 4:05pm login or register to post comments

Look up blister beetles in the guide.
Blister beetle......
… michael marchiano, 11 April, 2008 - 9:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Specifically
Meloe, here
… john and jane balaban, 12 April, 2008 - 10:18am login or register to post comments

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