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rugged oil beetle

Meloe rugosus

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 19, February 14, March 22, April 35, May 51, June 55, July 59, August 51, September 37, October 28, November 15, December 12.
United States400
Alaska400
Austria112
Germany71
Czechia56
Switzerland42
Steiermark39
Hungary39
Aargau38
Wien34

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

Sources

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