Posts Tagged: meloid beetle

What's a Meloid to Do?

So, what's a meloid beetle to do? Here you are, a meloid beetle foraging on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia) and these long-horned digger bees keep dive-bombing you and pestering you. Then a Gulf Fritilllary butterfly (Agraulis vanillae) decides it...

A male long-horned digger bee targets a pest, a meloid beetle. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A male long-horned digger bee targets a pest, a meloid beetle. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A Gulf Fritillary butterfly shares a Mexican sunflower with a meloid beetle. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A Gulf Fritillary butterfly shares a Mexican sunflower with a meloid beetle. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of a meloid beetle. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of a meloid beetle. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A meloid beetle about to take flight. (Photo by Kathy Keaetley Garvey)

A meloid beetle about to take flight. (Photo by Kathy Keaetley Garvey)

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