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Is it a beetle? - Meloe americanus
Copyright © 2008 mudmusher

Is it a beetle? - Meloe americanus
Seymour, Muscatatuck NWR County, Indiana, USA
May 10, 2008
Size: 1 and a half inches or so

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Is it a beetle? - Meloe americanus Is it a beetle? - Meloe americanus
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Contributed by mudmusher on 12 May, 2008 - 6:12pm
Last updated 5 June, 2009 - 10:31pm

Meloe americanus Leach
John Pinto det.

Moved from Oil Beetles.
… v belov, 5 June, 2009 - 10:31pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Blister Beetles.
… john and jane balaban, 11 December, 2008 - 8:19pm login or register to post comments

This appears
to be a female short winged blister beetle.

Lee
… Lee R., 13 May, 2008 - 4:16pm login or register to post comments

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