#meloe

[PHOTOS TAKEN: JANUARY 8TH, 2025 | Image IDs: Four photos of a shiny black female oil beetle, three where it's on the side of a cardboard box, and one where it's next to it on a concrete tile /End IDs.]

@stalegerm submitted: I just wanted to share this oil beetle I found with a little ant :-)!

beetle fans, shape connoisseurs and people with bad skincare routines will all be familiar with Meloe, the oil beetles. this is a little animal i hadn't seen in over a decade until i casually found two on a random afternoon. i won't say how tempted i was to pick one up for a better photo

There were some oil beetles out and about yesterday <3

Pretty rare find - rugged oil beetle (Meloe rugosus)

Meloe impressus, a species of blister beetle

November 1st, 2025

Zagreus will fully embrace his role as the God of cycles. He will be the penultimate boss of the game and prevent Meloe from reaching Kronos, for one reason or another.

The two outcomes of this relationship I could see will be:

Zagreus will refuse to let Meloe kill Kronos and will be beyond persuasion. Meloe will have no choice but to kill Zagreus. Permanently. After doing so, Kronos will face an all-powerful and absolutely livid Meloe, possibly crumpling like wet tissue paper in a pyrrhic victory. Meloe, Goddess of spirits and witchcraft, will try to keep a part of Zagreus alive, a token if nothing else. The end of this Greek tragedy will see Zagreus be relegated as a forgotten and obscure God, as punishment for aiding Kronos.