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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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Meloe campanicollis - male
Copyright © 2010 John R. Maxwell

Meloe campanicollis - Male
Camp Creek Run, Marlton, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
December 1, 2010
Size: Maybe around 29 mm?
I assume this is the male of Meloe campanicollis but wanted to check. I have a hard time telling them apart. More images and the beetle available if I need to shoot something else.

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Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 3 December, 2010 - 11:02pm
Last updated 30 September, 2015 - 9:24pm

Moved
Moved from Oil Beetles.
… John R. Maxwell, 5 December, 2010 - 11:25am login or register to post comments

ID confiremd by J.D. Pinto: M. campanicollis
his comment: "I wonder if this was simply a 'good year' for campanicollis. I never considered it a very common species, certainly not compared to impressus, another fall species. Last year, and before, if I remember correctly, you sent me primarily impressus."
… v belov, 5 December, 2010 - 11:22am login or register to post comments

 
Good year for...
It must be. I have 3 M. campanicollis (based on previous ID) keep seeing in my yard from October (and today too). And this is my first oil beetle in my yard.
… Yurika Alexander, 11 December, 2010 - 12:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
I guess next year I'll be searching for the other! If you want any of the images in frass let me know
… John R. Maxwell, 5 December, 2010 - 11:25am login or register to post comments

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