What's That Bug!

I was in the gargage one night working on a project and saw this bug crawling around on the ground. I never came across a bug like this before so I captured it and took pictures of it. It looked unusual and scary like it could sting me or something so i never touched it. I looked it up and found out this bug is called an american oil beetle. It's scientific name is meloe americanus. It's named the american oil beetle because when it's disturbed or feels threatened it pretends to be dead and secretes oil from it joints. That's what I think happened with this bug. I was moving the container around to take some pictures from different angles. The bug was completely motionless with it legs frozen in place as if dead. I saw this yellowish liquid coming from it and thought I killed the bug by banging it around too much. I emptied the jar with the bug in it outside. I was tricked into thinking it was dead!