Maryland Biodiversity Project - Oil Beetle sp. (Meloe sp.)

Oil Beetle sp. Meloe sp.

Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Class Insecta > Order Coleoptera > Family Meloidae > Genus Meloe Oil Beetle sp. - Meloe sp. - https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/14688

Try to get sharp photos of a straight dorsal view of the forebody, where most of the diagnostic characters are (v belov/BugGuide, pers. comm.).

There are 103 records in the project database.

An Oil Beetle sp. in Harford Co., Maryland (9/11/2017). Photo by Mary Sweet. (MBP list)

An Oil Beetle species in Baltimore Co., Maryland (12/28/2016). Photo by Emily Stanley. (MBP list)

Oil Beetle sp. in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (3/24/2019). (c) Judy Gallagher, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Judy Gallagher. (MBP list)

Oil Beetle sp. in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (11/25/2020). (c) Jonathan Irons, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Jonathan Irons. (MBP list)

Oil Beetle sp. in Maryland (4/8/2021). (c) bugzilla, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by bugzilla via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

An Oil Beetle sp. in Harford Co., Maryland (5/3/2017). Photo by Richard Crook. (MBP list)

Oil Beetle sp. in Baltimore Co., Maryland (10/4/2020). (c) jaxxsoon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by jaxxsoon via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Oil Beetle sp. in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/2/2017). (c) Matt Muir, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA). Photo by Matt Muir via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Oil Beetle sp. in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (3/24/2019). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Meloe species in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (11/9/2017). Photo by Matthew Beziat. (MBP list)

An Oil Beetle sp. in XXX Co., Maryland (5/14/2014). Photo by Missy Kalb. (MBP list)

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