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Violetter Ölkäfer, Blauer Maiwurm (Violet Oil Beetle)

Meloe violaceus

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bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago
Violet Oil Beetle
Meloe violaceus Meloe violaceus


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eduard.renfer
eduard.renfer 11 years ago

Thanks for the help! It looked much more blueish in nature, so I guess its the Violet oil beetle...

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bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Some links:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violetter_Ö...
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwarzblau...

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bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Could also be the other one: Meloe proscarabaeus. Do you have a closer picture of the pronotum to separate the two "identical" species?

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Gemeinde Klosterneuburg, Niederösterreich, Austria

Spotted on Apr 20, 2013
Submitted on Apr 20, 2013

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