Nick Upton / Black oil beetle (Meloe proscarabaeus) walking on a coast path, seeking a site to dig a burrow for its eggs, north Cornwall, UK, April.
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Nick Upton / Black oil beetle (Meloe proscarabaeus) starting to excavate a nest burrow in a footpath on a chalk grassland hillside, the Ridgeway, Wiltshire, UK, April.
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Nick Upton / Black oil beetle (Meloe proscarabaeus) female excavating a nest burrow in coastal grassland, north Cornwall, UK, April.
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Kerstin Hinze / Oil beetle (Meloe proscarabaeus) laying eggs in the ground, Filzwald, Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany, May.
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Kerstin Hinze / Black oil beetle (Meloe proscarabaeus) laying eggs in hole. Filzwald, Bavarian Forest National Park, Bavaria, Germany. May.
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Male Oil beetle (Meloe proscarabaeus) Queyras Natural Park, France, May 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Male Oil beetle (Meloe proscarabaeus) Queyras Natural Park, France, May 2009
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Dave Bevan / Oil beetle {Meloe proscarabaeus} Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK
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Dave Bevan / Oil beetle {Meloe proscarabaeus} Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK
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Duncan Usher / Oil Beetle (Meloe proscarabaeus) on moss, United Kingdom
