Short-necked oil-beetle mimicking death. Short-necked oil-beetles (Meloe brevicollis) are a European species of blister beetle (family Meloidae), whic

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Short-necked oil-beetle mimicking death. Short-necked oil-beetles (Meloe brevicollis) are a European species of blister beetle (family Meloidae), which secrete a blistering agent as a means of defence. Photographed in Przemkow Landscape Park, Poland.

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