Black beetle, Mardon Down
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Black beetle, Mardon Down
Image: © Derek Harper Taken: 2 May 2009
This looks like a female oil beetle, Meloë proscarabaeus, on the eastern side of the down.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.678742
Longitude
-3.728253