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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)
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Beetle larvae phoresy on halictid bee? - Meloe
Copyright © 2013 abcorbin

Beetle larvae phoresy on halictid bee? - Meloe
Snow Canyon State Park, Washington County, Utah, USA
April 13, 2013
Size: ~1mm

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Contributed by abcorbin on 2 May, 2013 - 6:17pm
Last updated 5 May, 2013 - 7:05pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 5 May, 2013 - 7:06pm login or register to post comments

Spectacular find!
How was it you collected these? was this from a trap?
… Jonas Insinga, 4 May, 2013 - 4:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, it was from a yellow bow
Yes, it was from a yellow bowl trap. I caught three halictid bees with these larvae on them.
… abcorbin, 5 May, 2013 - 2:50pm login or register to post comments

Certainly seems to be!
Looks like an Agapostemon. I wonder if these are larvae of Meloe?
… Keng-Lou James Hung, 2 May, 2013 - 10:57pm login or register to post comments

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