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Unidentified beetle?? - Meloe

Unidentified beetle?? - Meloe
Bridgewater/Duke Island Park, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
November 28, 2018
Can you please tell me what this insect is? I saw at least 3 of them today and one about a week ago in the same location near the Raritan River in Duke Island Park.

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Multiple species in NJ so this will have to wait for an expert in the group. You can learn more about them at the genus page:

https://bugguide.net/node/view/303

Just don't pick them up! Beetles in this group can secrete a substance that will give you blisters. Apparently eating them can be worse...

Meloe sp.
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