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Blister Beetle? - Meloe - male
Copyright © 2009 Loren & Babs Padelford

Blister Beetle? - Meloe - Male
Fontenelle Forest, Bellevue, Sarpy County, Nebraska, USA
August 28, 2009
Size: approx. 20mm
Blister Beetle - perhaps female? Can it be identified to species? Thanks for any help!

Loren and Babs Padelford
Bellevue, NE

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Contributed by Loren & Babs Padelford on 28 August, 2009 - 12:28pm
Last updated 28 August, 2009 - 5:15pm

Nice images, as always
and we don't have many males on our pages. I moved it to genus - Maybe Dr Pinto sees it there (or Vassili points it out to him)
… margarethe brummermann, 28 August, 2009 - 4:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Margarethe,
for the compliment. Hope either Dr. Pinto or Vassili will be able to ID to species.

Loren and Babs Padelford
Bellevue, NE
… Loren & Babs Padelford, 28 August, 2009 - 5:14pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… margarethe brummermann, 28 August, 2009 - 4:38pm login or register to post comments

Meloe.
One of the oil beetles in the genus Meloe, and likely a male. Females are much bulkier. Don't hold your breath for a species....
… Eric R. Eaton, 28 August, 2009 - 2:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Meloe sp.
Thanks, Eric, for your help and setting us straight on the sex of the beetle.

Loren and Babs Padelford
Bellevue, NE
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