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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) » Temporary page: images seen and deemed unIDable by Dr. Pinto (Meloe Temporary page: images seen and deemed unIDable by Dr. Pinto)
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Species? - Meloe - male - female
Copyright © 2005 Anita Gould

Species? - Meloe - Male Female
Sandy Hook, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA
April 28, 2005
Size: male ~35 mm
Forested area (mature mid-Atlantic barrier-beach community, holly & deciduous trees).
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Contributed by Anita Gould on 6 July, 2008 - 5:26pm
Last updated 5 June, 2009 - 11:14pm

Moved
Moved from Oil Beetles.
… v belov, 5 June, 2009 - 11:14pm login or register to post comments

Wow! The male is bigger
than the female! We weren't expecting that.
… john and jane balaban, 6 July, 2008 - 5:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, atypical...
Also not quite sure what's going on here -- postcoital? I'm envisioning them smoking miniature cigarettes...
… Anita Gould, 12 July, 2008 - 8:30pm login or register to post comments

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