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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) » Buttercup Oil Beetle (Meloe americanus)
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Is it a beetle? - Meloe americanus
Copyright © 2008 mudmusher

Is it a beetle? - Meloe americanus
Seymour, Muscatatuck NWR County, Indiana, USA
May 10, 2008
Size: 1 and a half inches or so
This little guy was walking along in the leaf litter beside a path. I heard him/her before I saw him/her. At first I thought it was an ant of some sort, then I noticed the wings looked more like a beetle. Now I'm just confused.

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Is it a beetle? - Meloe americanus Is it a beetle? - Meloe americanus
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Contributed by mudmusher on 12 May, 2008 - 5:56pm
Last updated 5 June, 2009 - 10:31pm

Moved
Moved from Oil Beetles.
… v belov, 5 June, 2009 - 10:31pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Blister Beetles.
… john and jane balaban, 11 December, 2008 - 8:19pm login or register to post comments

Yes.
This is one of the "oil beetles" in the genus Meloe, family Meloidae (blister beetles). Looks to be a female, as males usually have modified antennae ("kinks" or "knots" in the middle segments).
… Eric R. Eaton, 12 May, 2008 - 6:28pm login or register to post comments

 
pls move to the Meloe page
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… v belov, 11 December, 2008 - 12:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Eric Eaton?
The same Eric Eaton who used to live in Cincy? I don't know if you remember me- Gale Motter?
… mudmusher, 13 May, 2008 - 8:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Eric doesn't always notice comments
added. You may have to click on his name and send him an email. And yes, this is the same Cincinnati Eric!
… john and jane balaban, 13 May, 2008 - 8:50pm login or register to post comments

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