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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Pterostichitae » Chlaeniini » Vivid Metallic Ground Beetles (Chlaenius) » subgenus Chlaeniellus (Chlaenius subgenus Chlaeniellus) » nemoralis group (Chlaenius nemoralis group) » Chlaenius tricolor
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Unknown Indiana Carabidae - Chlaenius tricolor
Copyright © 2016 Helen Wilbers

Unknown Indiana Carabidae - Chlaenius tricolor
Upland, Grant County, Indiana, USA
March 31, 2016
Spotted this ground beetle tonight in Indiana. The head and pronotum shone that lovely brown/maroon in my flash, but it scurried into a crack before I could get better pictures. Maybe 1-1.5 cm, but I'm not the best with eyeballing sizes. Thanks for your help!
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Contributed by Helen Wilbers on 31 March, 2016 - 11:47pm
Last updated 1 April, 2016 - 8:10am

Moved, Chl. tricolor
Moved from Vivid Metallic Ground Beetles.
… Blaine Mathison, 1 April, 2016 - 8:10am login or register to post comments

Moved, Chlaenius sp.
Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 1 April, 2016 - 4:53am login or register to post comments

It's a Chlaenius
A few species have this coloration.. But chances are it's either tricolor or nemoralis..
… Curt Harden, 1 April, 2016 - 12:09am login or register to post comments

 
Yes, Chlaenius tricolor
statistically speaking. The pronotum is too shiny and too broadly rounded to be C. nemoralis in my opinion.
… Peter W. Messer, 1 April, 2016 - 7:41am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks so much for the ID!
Thanks so much for the ID!
… Helen Wilbers, 1 April, 2016 - 9:15am login or register to post comments

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