Tuesday 26 October 2021

Oil Beetle

Subject:  Maybe a beetle
Geographic location of the bug:  Southwest Washington state
Date: 10/19/2021
Time: 12:30 AM EDT
Your letter to the bugman:  Initially looks like a beetle but what looks to be wings aren’t shaped and only go down half the body
How you want your letter signed:  Doesn’t matter. Thanks for the identification

Oil Beetle

This is indeed a Beetle.  More specifically, it is a Blister Beetle in the genus Meloe, commonly called an Oil Beetle.

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