Need ID

[Alex Shaffer]

This was found and I've never seen a body type like this, any ideas? Not even sure if it's a beetle tbh...lol

Almost looks like an ant queen of some sort.

 

[Goliathus]

Oil beetle (Meloe americanus), family Meloidae - 

https://bugguide.net/node/view/284614

 

[Alex Shaffer]

Do you all just use bugguide for identification then? Feel like I'm about to bother some people if i keep posting everything i don't know..

 

[Goliathus]

For insects of the US & Canada, BugGuide is probably the most comprehensive site there is.