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What's this Bug? @lemmy.ml cosmicrookie @lemmy.world 9mo ago

is this an ant? it was huge!

Partial thumb for scale

5 comments

Probably a blister beetle, meloe proscarabaeus.
- Interesting thanks! The link says it can be fount all over Europe except for the northern part. I found it in Denmark. Also the one i found was quite sluggish compared to the video on the wiki page.
  
  Mostly, when northern Europe is excluded, it means the really high north, as it has ~~arctic~~ subarctic climate. I've found it in Scania, so Denmark should be included as well.
  
  25% of all lifeforms and 40% of all insects are beatles