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Buttercup Oil Beetle
Meloe americanus
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Meloe impressus
Meloe campanicollis
Short-winged Blister BeetleMeloe angusticollis
Black Oil BeetleMeloe proscarabaeus
Black Blister BeetleEpicauta pensylvanica
Violet Oil BeetleMeloe violaceus
Black MeloeMeloe niger
Meloe strigulosus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 627 |
|---|---|
| Texas | 109 |
| North Carolina | 77 |
| Georgia | 57 |
| Tennessee | 35 |
| Mississippi | 32 |
| Alabama | 29 |
| Louisiana | 27 |
| Ohio | 25 |
| South Carolina | 23 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
- ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Insects · Insecta |
| Order | Beetles · Coleoptera |
| Family | Blister Beetles · Meloidae |
| Genus | Oil Beetles · Meloe |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Buttercup Oil Beetle with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.