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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) » subgenus Meloe (Meloe subgenus Meloe)
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Blue black bug - Meloe - male - female
Copyright © 2017 Bob Arnold

Blue black bug - Meloe - Male Female
Sturbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
October 1, 2017
Size: approx. 1 inch long
Blue black bug group of 3 or 4 on woodland path near oak, maple and ash trees.

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Blue black bug - Meloe - male - female blue black bug 2 - Meloe - male - female
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Contributed by Bob Arnold on 1 October, 2017 - 4:31pm
Last updated 23 December, 2023 - 2:53pm

Moved
Moved from Oil Beetles.
… v belov, 23 December, 2023 - 2:53pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

I linked the other image, since they appear to show the same Beetles, filmed at on the same date.
The other image shows the male that is actually mating with the female.
… Bob Biagi, 1 October, 2017 - 5:02pm login or register to post comments

Oil Beetles
This is a type of Blister Beetle. Your image shows a small male above a larger female. They have different antennae shapes.
… Bob Biagi, 1 October, 2017 - 5:01pm login or register to post comments

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