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oil beetle
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oil beetle: see blister beetle blister beetle, common name for certain soft-bodied, usually black or brown, mostly elongate and cylindrical beetles belonging to the family Meloidae. Blister beetles are common insects found feeding on the flowers and foliage of various plants. Occasionally some, e.
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Oil beetles were formerly more common, but their natural habitats and the populations of bees they rely on have been decimated by intensive farming practices.
Beetle back from the brink by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
Forty short-necked oil beetles were discovered more than 200 miles from the spot they were last sighted at nearly 60 years ago.
Beetle that's been 'extinct' for 58 years by The Mirror (London, England)
Oil beetles were formerly more common, but their natural habitats and the populations of bees they rely on have been decimated by intensive farming practices.
Beetling back by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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