''Meloe angusticollis'', commonly known as short-winged blister beetle or oil beetle, is a species of
blister beetle
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 ...
, native to North America. They average in length.
Blister Beetle (''Meloe angusticollis'') - Exploring the Out-of-Doors
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References
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Meloidae
Beetles of North America
Beetles described in 1824