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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) » Meloe strigulosus
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DSCF7447.JPG - Meloe strigulosus - male
Copyright © 2008 Dick Wilson

DSCF7447.JPG - Meloe strigulosus - Male
edge of Willapa Bay, Bay Center 98527 Willapa, Pacific County, Washington, USA
February 17, 2008
Size: body length ~26mm
geo:lat=46.624389 geo:lon=-123.949728
Scale: Graph squares ¼ in² or 6.35 mm

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Contributed by Dick Wilson on 18 February, 2008 - 5:20pm
Last updated 5 June, 2009 - 10:40pm

Meloe strigulosus Mannerheim
John Pinto det.

Moved from Oil Beetles.
… v belov, 5 June, 2009 - 10:39pm login or register to post comments

Oil Beetle
This looks like a male with those kinky antennae. here's the guide page.
… tom murray, 18 February, 2008 - 6:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
Thank you!
… Dick Wilson, 18 February, 2008 - 7:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Welcome!
Welcome to Bugguide! We especially appreciate your contributions from the Pacific Northwest, which is still largely under-represented here. This oil beetle might be Meloe angusticollis, but I can't be positive.
… Eric R. Eaton, 19 February, 2008 - 12:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
And further thanks Eric. I have been a contributor to BG but mainly in only one group: My Images
… Dick Wilson, 19 February, 2008 - 3:31pm login or register to post comments

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