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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Blister Beetles (Meloidae) » Meloinae » Oil Beetles (Meloe) » images Dr. Pinto was unable to identify to species (Meloe images Dr. Pinto was unable to identify to species)
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What bug this? - Meloe
Copyright © 2009 Randy James

What bug this? - Meloe
Seton Portage, British Columbia, Canada
March 30, 2009
Size: 2.5CM long
It was digging in the ground when i seen first seen it.
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Contributed by Randy James on 30 March, 2009 - 6:31pm
Last updated 11 June, 2009 - 5:42pm

Moved
Moved from Oil Beetles.
… v belov, 11 June, 2009 - 5:42pm login or register to post comments

Watch those drops...
This specimen is in full defensive mode, exuding a chemical defense from its leg joints. The chemical (cantharidin) can raise painful blisters on sensitive skin.
… Eric R. Eaton, 31 March, 2009 - 1:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Eric
Yeah its a good thing I never touched the cantharidin. Funny I never seen this one around before or are there stories in this area of people getting blisters from it. I am thinking it must have been on a train and dropped off here, as I seen it beside the train tracks.
… Randy James, 31 March, 2009 - 1:48pm login or register to post comments

female Meloe
a blister beetle
… v belov, 30 March, 2009 - 7:52pm login or register to post comments

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