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Meloe is a genus of blister beetles commonly referred to as oil beetles. [1] The name derives from their defensive strategy: when threatened they release oily droplets of hemolymph from their joints (legs, neck, and antennae). This fluid is bright orange and contains cantharidin, a poisonous chemical compound. Wiping the chemical on skin can ...
Meloe proscarabaeus is a European oil beetle. It lives in meadows , field margins and other warm sites in all but the far north of the continent. It lacks hind wings and the elytra are correspondingly reduced in size.
Meloe americanus, or the American oil beetle, is a type of blister beetle. It belongs to the genus Meloe, which is one of the larger genera in the Meloidae family, with 146 known species. [2] They are called “oil beetles” because of a fluid they release from their joints when they feel threatened. [4] Adult body length ranges from 7 mm to ...
Blister beetles are beetles of the family Meloidae, so called for their defensive secretion of a blistering agent, cantharidin. About 7,500 species are known worldwide. Many are conspicuous and some are aposematically colored, announcing their toxicity to would-be predators .
Meloe brevicollis is a European oil beetle. It is also known as the short-necked oil beetle. It had been thought that the beetle had been extinct in the UK since the 1940s, due to intensive farming. However, in 2007 a small population was discovered in south Devon. [1] In 2010, 40 beetles were found on four sites on the Hebridean island of Coll ...
Meloe angusticollis, commonly known as the short-winged blister beetle or oil beetle, is a species of blister beetle, native to North America. [1] They average 9-19 mm (0.35-0.75 inches) in length [ 2 ] — females are much larger than males.
Attagenus fasciatus – tobacco seed beetle; Attagenus pellio – fur beetle; Attagenus smirnovi; Attagenus trifasciatus; Attagenus unicolor – black carpet beetle; Ctesias serra; Dermestes ater; Dermestes carnivorus; Dermestes frischii; Dermestes haemorrhoidalis – black larder beetle; Dermestes lardarius – larder beetle; Dermestes leechi
The coloration in the species Berberomeloe majalis (Linnaeus, 1758) is characterized by the presence of bright blood-red or orange transverse stripes across a solid black swollen abdomen (the length of this beetle may reach up to 9 centimetres (3.5 in)).