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Black Oil Beetle

Meloe proscarabaeus

Description:

Has a roughly square-shaped thorax. Males have kinked antennae. Females have slightly-kinked antennae. Black with violet blue reflection or all black in colour.

Habitat:

Dirt mount, trail side.

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2 Comments

Greg Shchepanek
Greg Shchepanek 12 years ago

(:

rutasandinas
rutasandinas 12 years ago

Nice

Greg Shchepanek
Spotted by
Greg Shchepanek

Spotted on Apr 16, 2012
Submitted on Apr 17, 2012

Spotted for Mission

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