Meloe angusticollis

Short-winged Blister Beetle
Female, Ottawa, Ontario
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Meloidae
Genus: Meloe
Species: M. angusticollis
Binomial name
Meloe angusticollis
Say, 1824
Mating

The short-winged blister beetle, or oil beetle (Meloe angusticollis) is a species of blister beetle, native to North America.[1] They average 8–10 millimetres (0.3–0.4 in) in length.[2]

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