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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) » images Dr. Pinto was unable to identify to species (Meloe images Dr. Pinto was unable to identify to species)
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Black Blister Beetle nymph? - Meloe
Copyright © 2009 Robert L. Pearson

Black Blister Beetle nymph? - Meloe
Skull Valley, (WSW of Prescott 10 miles), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
March 13, 2008
Attracted to light @ night.

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Contributed by Robert L. Pearson on 10 February, 2009 - 5:42pm
Last updated 25 February, 2019 - 5:07pm

Moved
Moved from Oil Beetles.
… v belov, 5 June, 2009 - 11:14pm login or register to post comments

Beetles -
don't have nymphs, so I think this is an adult? Looks like you have the right family, though. Hopefully one of our beetle experts will comment.

Edit: Looks a bit like some of the Meloe beetles, but I don't know if they can show the reddish markings that your specimen has...
… Ken Schneider, 10 February, 2009 - 5:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Genus Meloe. I think the redd
Genus Meloe. I think the reddish areas are just the intersegmental integument.
… Dennis Haines, 10 February, 2009 - 6:25pm login or register to post comments

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