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- Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Arthropods
- Info The Red-stripped Oil Beetle Berberomeloe majalis [1] is one of the largest beetles in Europe, with a typical length of 5cm. In the larval state they are parasitic and live in the nests of solitary bees. In the adult state they are exclusively herbivorous and can be found in great numbers grazing in the dry and open grasslands of Portugal, Spain and Northern Africa. While the best-known specimens exhibit the typical red stripes from which their name derived, populations of entirely black beetles, like the one in the image, are also common. All by Alvesgaspar (talk) 12:29, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
- Support -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 12:29, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
- Support -- Johann Jaritz (talk) 12:50, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
- Support PumpkinSky talk 13:07, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
- Support --Karelj (talk) 20:16, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
- Support --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 05:31, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
- Support - I don't love the appearance of this insect, but this achievement surely deserves a star. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:50, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
- Support -- Spurzem (talk) 07:32, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
- Support Ugly bug, nice picture... ;) --Yann (talk) 07:49, 5 September 2017 (UTC)
- Support Yuk! --cart-Talk 08:43, 5 September 2017 (UTC)
- Support per Yann Daniel Case (talk) 19:28, 5 September 2017 (UTC)
- Support --fedaro (talk) 10:24, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
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