Two blue bugs - Meloe - BugGuide.Net

Either Meloe impressus or M. americanus - most likely the former

--det. J.D. Pinto

Moved from Oil Beetles.

… v belov, 28 May, 2011 - 10:14am

Moved

Moved from Beetles.

… Blaine Mathison, 11 October, 2010 - 10:37am

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… john and jane balaban, 10 October, 2010 - 5:59pm

look like... Short-Winged Bli

look like... Short-Winged Blister Beetle - Meloe impressus

… Richard Migneault, 21 September, 2010 - 2:39pm

Thank you very much. I'll ha

Thank you very much. I'll have to find out the exact location, a friend sent me this photo.

… jessica33, 20 September, 2010 - 10:40am

thanks

then i'll show the photo to an expert; a have an idea of which sp. this could be, but it's a tough group to ID from images

… v belov, 20 September, 2010 - 11:08am

Meloe sp.

pls add exact location/date for further identification

… v belov, 20 September, 2010 - 10:34am

Blue bugs

My grandson and Isee these bugs every late sumer early fall in warmer weather only. They seem to like sandy spots. We live in Michigan.

… paulpp, 21 September, 2010 - 6:15pm

I live in South Bend n we hav

I live in South Bend n we have them all over in our back yard trying to identify these bugs .

… buggie girl, 23 October, 2010 - 4:31pm