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Species Meloe americanus - Buttercup Oil Beetle

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Buttercup Oil Beetle (americanus)
Meloe americanus - female Meloe americanus - female Meloe americanus - female Meloe americanus ? female ? rescued from water and released - Meloe americanus Meloe americanus ? female ? rescued from water and released (2.4 cm) - Meloe americanus Meloe americanus ? female ? rescued from water and released (2.4 cm) - Meloe americanus Buttercup Oil Beetle - Meloe americanus Buttercup Oil Beetle - Meloe americanus Meloe species? Or how I learnt not to trifle with them. - Meloe americanus - female Meloe species? Or how I learnt not to trifle with them. - Meloe americanus - female Meloe species? Or how I learnt not to trifle with them. - Meloe americanus - female Beetle sp.? - Meloe americanus - female Beetle sp.? - Meloe americanus Meloe Sp? - Meloe americanus - female Black Insect - Meloe americanus - female Black insect with giant abdomen - Meloe americanus - female Black insect with giant abdomen - Meloe americanus - female Black insect with beady antennas - Meloe americanus - male Black insect with beady antennae - Meloe americanus - male Meloe americanus - Buttercup Oil Beetle male? - Meloe americanus - male Very Oily Beetle - Meloe americanus Very Oily Beetle - Meloe americanus Very Oily Beetle - Meloe americanus Very Oily Beetle - Meloe americanus - female

 
 
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