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Short-Winged Blister Beetle - Meloe angusticollis - male
Copyright © 2007 Janice Stiefel

Short-Winged Blister Beetle - Meloe angusticollis - Male
Town of Plymouth, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, USA
May 18, 1998
Adult male found in her yard by Jan Wall. ID by Peter Messer, Mequon, WI.
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Contributed by Janice Stiefel on 1 December, 2007 - 4:06pm

ID confirmed by John Pinto: Meloe angusticollis
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… v belov, 11 June, 2009 - 5:16pm login or register to post comments

Ooooh
I was wondering what this guy was called. I've got a whole series of pictures I took this past summer of this fella and never got around to submitting them anywhere because I just couldn't figure out who he was. For some reason I thought he was a juvenile since his wings didn't seem fully developed. Now, I know better.

Kinda like the Sawfly I found a while back that I thought was some fierce hornet.

Loving the knowledge! Loving having found this website! :)
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Good to hear from you, Greg. You sound like me when I was a kid. But in those days there were no books on the subject in the local library and adults thought the only good insect was a dead one. Never dreamed of something like the Internet and especially BugGuide. What a wonderful resource it is.
… Janice Stiefel, 15 February, 2008 - 5:25pm login or register to post comments

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