#meloidae

[acarinarium]

I was in the mood for some bug doodles

Feel free to give suggestions for more

[jupiterswasphouse]

[PHOTOS TAKEN: JANUARY 8TH, 2025 | Image IDs: Four photos of a shiny black female oil beetle, three where it's on the side of a cardboard box, and one where it's next to it on a concrete tile /End IDs.]

First bug pics of the year! An oil beetle, genus Meloe!

[bugtoucher420]

A very small sampling of the beetle diversity of the beautiful state of Maryland. Take this as proof that you don’t have to go to the Amazon rainforest to find incredible insects!

[every-day-creechur]

Epicauta tenuis

A blister beetle found in North America. Adult beetles feed on plants. The larvae are predators on the eggs of grasshoppers. The beetles can significantly damage plants, and many Epicauta are known as agricultural pests around the world, even known to cause crop failures at times. As do other blister beetles, these produce cantharidin, a toxic terpenoid which can kill animals such as horses if they ingest enough of the beetles.

image by Chris Rorabaugh

[iridescent-wildlife]

Brown Blister Beetle (Epicauda immaculata). Family Meloidae, order Coleoptera.

Oklahoma, USA. July 2022.

[razehider]

beetle fans, shape connoisseurs and people with bad skincare routines will all be familiar with Meloe, the oil beetles. this is a little animal i hadn't seen in over a decade until i casually found two on a random afternoon. i won't say how tempted i was to pick one up for a better photo

(October 21st, 2024)

[bugtheories]

Pretty rare find - rugged oil beetle (Meloe rugosus)

(Orange spots are the hemolymph, they release)

[fivetrench]

Blister beetle 2: electric boogaloo

+ her trying to eat my sweater ?