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Spotting

Description:

Non-aggressive small mandibles metallic dark greenish

Habitat:

Found crawling in sand

Notes:

About the size of a quarter

3 Species ID Suggestions

Latimeria
Latimeria 13 years ago
Rove beetle
Staphylinidae Rove beetle
Blister beetle
Meloe
Maloe violacea Linne


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4 Comments

sackster84
sackster84 13 years ago

yep its a blister thank you

RicardoBayshark
RicardoBayshark 13 years ago

this is beetle family Meloidae = Blister beetle

sackster84
sackster84 13 years ago

thank you lori. I checked them out and saw some similarities but not any matches.

sackster84
Spotted by
sackster84

North Hanover Township, New Jersey, USA

Spotted on Mar 19, 2011
Submitted on Mar 22, 2011

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