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Violet Oil Beetle
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Violet Oil Beetle

Meloe violaceus

Meloe violaceus, the violet oil beetle, is a species of oil beetle belonging to the family Meloidae subfamily Meloinae.

This beetle is present in most of Europe, in the eastern Palearctic realm, in the Near East, and in North Africa.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 130205.