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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 campanicollis
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Oil Beetle - Meloe campanicollis - female
Copyright © 2009 Dan Leeder

Oil Beetle - Meloe campanicollis - Female
Camden County, New Jersey, USA
November 6, 2009
Size: +/- 1inch
Found walking on a paved woodland path in cool weather (upper 40s F).

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Oil Beetle - Meloe campanicollis - female Oil Beetle - Meloe campanicollis - female Oil Beetle - Meloe campanicollis - female
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Contributed by Dan Leeder on 6 November, 2009 - 3:52pm
Last updated 13 November, 2009 - 12:00pm

Meloe campanicollis Pinto & Selander -- John Pinto det.
pronotum more punctate and broader than in impressus.
i liked this one but didn't notice you frassed it at some point -- now it's back in the guide!

Moved from Frass.
… v belov, 11 November, 2009 - 7:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Okay
Sometimes I have trouble capturing detail on all black insects, which is why I frassed this one.

Can I assume that this is a female, given that the antennae are not kinked?
… Dan Leeder, 13 November, 2009 - 11:40am login or register to post comments

 
you assumed right, it's a girl
:-]
… v belov, 13 November, 2009 - 11:46am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
!
… Dan Leeder, 13 November, 2009 - 12:00pm login or register to post comments

Frassed
Moved from ID Request.
… Dan Leeder, 6 November, 2009 - 7:28pm login or register to post comments

Yes
This is an Oil Beetle, genus Meloe.
… roar, 6 November, 2009 - 4:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
!
… Dan Leeder, 6 November, 2009 - 7:28pm login or register to post comments

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