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Black insect with beady antennas - Meloe americanus - male
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Black insect with beady antennas - Meloe americanus - Male
Arcadia Trail Park, Tarrant County, Texas, USA
April 19, 2014

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Black insect with beady antennae - Meloe americanus - male Black insect with beady antennas - Meloe americanus - male
Contributed by taogirl on 25 April, 2014 - 8:20pm
Last updated 26 April, 2014 - 8:59am

Moved
Moved from Oil Beetles.
… v belov, 26 April, 2014 - 8:59am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 25 April, 2014 - 9:27pm

Black insect with beady antennas
Have added an additional picture as it is a slightly different view
… taogirl, 25 April, 2014 - 8:21pm

 
thanx, much better
will ask our expert to take a look
P.S. the plural of 'antenna' is 'antennae'
… v belov, 25 April, 2014 - 8:29pm

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