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Buttercup Oil Beetle (Meloe americanus)
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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
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Contributed by
mudmusher
on 12 May, 2008 - 6:12pm
Last updated 5 June, 2009 - 10:31pm
The bite does not contain any venom
but the beetle is capable of exuding chemicals that will blister your skin, hence their name, Blister Beetles. Handle them sparingly and gently
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john and jane balaban
, 15 March, 2010 - 8:34pm
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bite
this bug bit me is it poisoness
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graynesi
, 15 March, 2010 - 8:07pm
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Meloe americanus Leach
John Pinto det.
Moved from
Oil Beetles
.
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v belov
, 5 June, 2009 - 10:31pm
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Moved
Moved from
Blister Beetles
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john and jane balaban
, 11 December, 2008 - 8:19pm
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This appears
to be a female short winged blister beetle.
Lee
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Lee Ruth
, 13 May, 2008 - 4:16pm
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