Pictured here is a strange insect I photographed Tuesday in Scott County. This wingless insect is called a meloe. It is one of about 7,500 species of blister beetles occurring worldwide. I saw this ...

The courtship behavior of Meloe (Micromeloe) decorus and Sitaris muralis is described. From all courtship patterns described within the Meloinae fanning courtship of M. decorus differs quite ...

Sept. 11 (UPI) --Blister beetles are chemical con artists, and according to new research, they can adapt their trickery to dupe a variety of bee species. During one of several larval stages, Meloe ...

A beetle that tricks bees into carrying it into their nests where it can live off their pollen, nectar and eggs adapts its deceptions to local hosts, according to research by Leslie Saul-Gershenz, a ...

"Contribution from the Department of Entomology, University of Illinois." ENTMAIN copy 39088020700092: Gift from University of Maryland, AgNR région néarctique (zoogéographie) ...

The black oil beetle (Meloe proscarabaeus) crawls slowly through the grass, its bloated body glistening with an oily sheen. Though it releases a toxic substance when threatened, this unusual insect is ...

Researchers can now explain how a male bee looking for love out in the desert can be misguided enough to embrace a writhing clump of beetle larvae instead of a female bee. Those larvae, which grow ...

🪲⚠️ A strange paradox: the Black Oil Beetle is toxic to the touch, yet completely harmless when left alone. Its shiny body and slow walk tell the story of a beetle that’s both fragile and formidable.

A spokesman for Buglife said finding 11 rugged oil beetles in one go was "impressive" The sighting of a high number of rare beetles at a Gloucestershire nature reserve is being celebrated by experts.