John Abbott / Composite image of flying insects visiting blacklight, Texas, USA, September
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Rolf Nussbaumer / Blister beetle {Meloidae} taking off from flower, Texas.
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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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Chris Mattison / Violet oil beetle (Meloe violaceus) on bark. Cadora Wood, Gloucestershire, England, UK. April.
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Chris Mattison / Violet oil beetle (Meloe violaceus) on white background. Cadora Woods, Gloucestershire, England, UK. April.
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Heather Angel / Spotted blister beetle (Ceroctis capensis) feeding on Gladiolus (Gladiolus alatus) petals. Cape Town, South Africa. September.
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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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Juan Carlos Munoz / Spanish fly (Lytta vesicatoria) on Stone pine (Pinus pinea) bark. Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. April.
