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		<title>Desert Spider Beetle</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 04:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beetle Location: Dripping Springs, New Mexico April 17, 2012 1:34 pm Sorry I couldn’t get a better photo of this vividly colored bug. It wouldn’t stop it’s frantic running. Signature: Lynn Hi Lynn, Desert Spider Beetles in the genus Cysteodemus are also known as Inflated Beetles.  They are actually a genus of Blister Beetles, a [...]<h3>Related Posts</h3>
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		<title>Oil Beetles leave tracks in the sand</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:35:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beetle at the beach Location: Brigantine Beach, NJ April 10, 2012 8:01 pm Hello – These beautiful black beauties were discovered on one of the paths that lead through the dunes toward Brigantine Beach in New Jersey. I first noticed the awesome ’footprints’ then spotted half a dozen of these ’beetles’ (at last an inch-long [...]<h3>Related Posts</h3>
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		<title>Oil Beetle, and Fire Colored Beetle, not Soldier Beetles</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:24:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beetle on lawn Location: Bowie, MD March 31, 2012 12:20 pm My daughter’s (besides being totally creeped out by them) would like to know what this was. Signature: Dan Delaney Dear Dan, The large beetle is a Blister Beetle called an Oil Beetle in the genus Meloe, most likely a female.  The smaller beetles are [...]<h3>Related Posts</h3>
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		<title>Possibly Oil Beetle emerging after metamorphosis</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2012/03/20/possibly-oil-beetle-emerging-after-metamorphosis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 04:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some Sort of Half-Buried Beetle? Location: Southwestern Virginia (Mouth of Wilson) March 20, 2012 8:58 am As I was walked to work this morning I saw this funny little fellow sticking up out of the ground. I positively adore bugs so I ran to work, borrowed a camera, and snapped a few quick shots. What [...]<h3>Related Posts</h3>
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		<title>Blister Beetle, not Checkered Beetle from Swaziland</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2012/01/23/possibly-checkered-beetle-from-swaziland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:12:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bug on flower Location: Swaziland, Africa January 21, 2012 1:29 pm Hi, I found this bug while visiting the Hlane Game Park in Swaziland. It was in January (Summertime and rain season in this side of the world…) I really can’t classify it so I decided to ask for your assistance. Thanks and all the [...]<h3>Related Posts</h3>
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		<title>Blister Beetles from Namibia</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 17:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[beetles Location: Namibia, Southern Africa November 20, 2011 2:39 pm Can you please identify these beetles. Images 1 &#38; 2 were taken around 9a.m. on 13th April 2010. in the gardens of Nunda Lodge near Divundu, in the Caprivi Strip, Namibia. The beetles were very abundant and we saw them again when we returned in [...]<h3>Related Posts</h3>
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		<title>Unknown Blister Beetle</title>
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		<title>Oil Beetle</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ant queen? Location: Michigan November 10, 2011 11:00 pm I found this in the woods and I thought it might be an ant queen. It’s a little over an inch long so I was able to spot it from a distance. Any ideas? Signature: Weezie G. Dear Weezie, At this time of year, we typically [...]<h3>Related Posts</h3>
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		<description><![CDATA[metallic blue and black bug Location: Rhide Island, USA November 10, 2011 7:58 am My kids found this in my backyard, in Rhode Island. It was taken with my android phone using it’s macro setting, if you look closely you can see a smaller orangish bug on its back, just behind his head. Could it [...]<h3>Related Posts</h3>
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