Information: Meloe cicatricosus was described by Leach in 1811. The body is robust, shiny, usually black or blue-black in colour. A larger species, growing up to 45mm. Widely distributed from western Europe eastwards to central Asia. Sparse and sporadic in Europe everywhere, locally more abundant in the east.
Body length: 16 - 45 mm
Peak activity: February - May
Remarks: Meloe cicatricosus occurs on xerothermic slopes and in dry environments such as roadsides, embankments, railway embankments. It lives in lowlands and foothills. Adults appear in spring. Larval development takes place in the nests of bees of the genus Anthophora.
Distribution: Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Albania, Armenia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Belarus, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Great Britain, Germany, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Serbia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Zoogeographic region: Palearctic
Taxonomic classification:
Material examined (& observation):
Slovakia 
Banská Bystrica Region
Cerová vrchovina (Cerova Highlands)
Gemerský Jablonec env.
(GPS) 
Altitude 200 m a.s.l. | 29.4.2025
Our observation period: March ~ May
Sampling Methods: in grassy vegetation 
Slovakia
