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Short-necked Oil Beetle

Meloe brevicollis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 47, February 35, March 55, April 86, May 124, June 136, July 145, August 125, September 92, October 68, November 37, December 29.
United States980
Alaska980
Russia101
Moscow Oblast20
Spain13
Altai Krai10
Germany9
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast9
Lithuania6
Ukraine6

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

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderBeetles · Coleoptera
FamilyBlister Beetles · Meloidae
GenusOil Beetles · Meloe

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