OilBeetlesUK spotted this oil beetle today in Brecon, Wales

OilBeetlesUK Dorset Wildlife Trust The Oil Beetles are back in my garden! This one missing an antenna.

🖤More beautiful #OilBeetles! ✅ Spotted any? If so don't forget to record your finds via OilBeetlesUK, you can do so here 👇 coleoptera.org.uk/meloidae/home #⃣ Use #OilBeetleHunt hashtag to share on socials too! Great spot! #BuglifeCymru 🐞🐜🦗🪳

OilBeetlesUK found this beautiful female oil beetle today (Easter day) burrowing down to presumably lay her eggs? Will officially record the sighting for you

Join the Scottish #OilBeetleHunt in 2024! 🔎Scottish records of #OilBeetles on iRecord more than doubled last year thanks to the combined effort of the Scottish Oil Beetle Hunt & surveying by the Species on the Edge team. 👇 buglife.org.uk/news/buglife-l… 🧵/1 #BuglifeScotland #SotE

Oil Beetle? Arne OilBeetlesUK Sean Foote RSPB Arne and Weymouth Wetlands #beetle #arne #dorset

🖤More beautiful #OilBeetles! ✅ Spotted any? If so don't forget to record your finds via OilBeetlesUK, you can do so here 👇 coleoptera.org.uk/meloidae/home #⃣ Use #OilBeetleHunt hashtag to share on socials too! Great spots & look at the fantastic colour of that Rose Chafer!🦗🐞🐝

Join our #BuglifeScotland Species on the Edge Conservation Officer, Sally, for a Short-necked Oil Beetle ID workshop & field visit! 📆 Monday 29 April 🕙 10:00-12:00 📌 RSPB Loch Gruinart, #Islay Find out more & book your place 👇 trybooking.com/uk/events/land… #OilBeetleHunt #SotE

Good comparison here between Black Oil Beetle (left) and Violet Oil Beetle (right)

This #WildlifeWednesday we are shining a light on the #OilBeetle! ☀️ With the warm sunny days we’ve experienced recently (in between the named storms, rain, flooding, hail & snow!) reports of oil beetles are appearing across social media. 🧵/1 #OilBeetleHunt

🖤 A male Black Oil Beetle (Meloe proscarabaeus) on a mission to find a mate in #Scilly 🔎 Spotted an #OilBeetle? Record your sightings with OilBeetlesUK through the iRecord App or via their website ➡️ coleoptera.org.uk/meloidae/home #IslandLife #OceanDrifter #OilBeetleHunt

OilBeetlesUK Oil BeetleUK - Meloe I'm told this may interest you. Spotted outside Nailsea, Somerset! We moved him off the path 😊

Finally! Found 2 Short-necked Oil-beetles at Traigh Ghrianal on the west coast machair of #Tiree today - both only 15mm long but busy munching on buttercup leaves Species on the Edge BuglifeScotland Andy James Silvey Tiree Ranger Hayley

🖤More beautiful #OilBeetles! ✅ Spotted any? If so don't forget to record via OilBeetlesUK, you can do so here 👇 coleoptera.org.uk/meloidae/home #⃣ Use #OilBeetleHunt hashtag to share on socials too! Great spots & fantastic news for our #BuglifeScotland Species on the Edge team!

Violet Oil Beetle, Horner Wood National Trust South West Buglife OilBeetlesUK

Perfect conditions to look for Short-necked Oil Beetles on Barra today: sunshine and warm enough to leave my jacket at home! Counted 32 in 1.5 hours, most were in 2 tiny hotspots. Feels like numbers are down this year compared to previous 3 seasons. OilBeetlesUK Species on the Edge

Oh my word - Oil Beetles! My first ever encounter. I never realised they were quite so large. What amazing creatures! Are they Violet Oil Beetles? I’ll iRecord. OilBeetlesUK Buglife Dartmoor National Park Coleopterists Society of Britain and Ireland #OilBeetleHunt #SoExcitedISqueaked

A nice find on South Uist today, a Short-necked Oil Beetle in between all the Bird’s-foot Trefoil OilBeetlesUK