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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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Meloe - Oil Beetle - Meloe - female
Copyright © 2009 Andrew Williams

Meloe - Oil Beetle - Meloe - Female
Lakewood, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
April 9, 2006
Meloe, Oil Beetle - Any way to tell what species ?

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Meloe - Oil Beetle - Meloe - female Meloe - Oil Beetle - Meloe - female
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Contributed by Andrew Williams on 4 May, 2009 - 12:23pm
Last updated 10 August, 2009 - 1:44pm

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

"Any way to tell species?"
the short answer is no. this one's a female, they're all but hopeless to ID; males sometimes are easier to tell from really good closeups of antennae and pronotum
… v belov, 4 May, 2009 - 12:38pm login or register to post comments

 
thought might be the case, moving to genus pgs
I suspected that would be the case, darn blister beetles.. :)
I'll move it on over to the genus images for them.
Thanks for the help.
… Andrew Williams, 4 May, 2009 - 12:59pm login or register to post comments

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