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Buttercup Oil Beetle (Meloe americanus)
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Copyright © 2015
Jon Rapp
Buttercup Oil Beetle -
Meloe americanus
Columbia, Boone County, Missouri, USA
March 22, 2015
TL = 30mm. Came to light last night. I think this is an Oil Beetle, Meloe. Can you tell what species?
Thanks!
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Contributed by
Jon Rapp
on 23 March, 2015 - 9:48am
Last updated 7 June, 2015 - 12:30pm
Meloe americanus --det. J.D. Pinto
Moved from
Oil Beetles
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v belov
, 6 June, 2015 - 6:01pm
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Thanks V
for tracking this down!
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Jon Rapp
, 7 June, 2015 - 12:29pm
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Moved for expert attention
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Ken Wolgemuth
, 23 March, 2015 - 9:50am
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