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Short-Winged Blister Beetle (Meloe angusticollis)
Photo#43663
Copyright © 2006
Eric S. McCloud
Meloid - Unknown -
Meloe angusticollis
Henderson, Ky. Audubon State Park, Kentucky, USA
March 19, 2004
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Contributed by
Eric S. McCloud
on 25 February, 2006 - 9:51pm
Last updated 5 June, 2009 - 10:22pm
Meloe angusticollis
John Pinto det.
Moved from
Oil Beetles
.
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v belov
, 5 June, 2009 - 10:22pm
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Total guess...
but from it's posture I'd guess Eleodes, see guide page
here
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Lynette Elliott
, 26 February, 2006 - 7:50am
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its definetly a Meloe, I don'
its definetly a Meloe, I don't know which species though
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William Ericson
, 26 February, 2006 - 9:11am
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Thanks
to both of you. I think that it's posture may have been more a function of the cold weather (photo taken in March); it was quite sluggish.
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Eric S. McCloud
, 26 February, 2006 - 9:55am
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