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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 » Chlaenius tricolor tricolor
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Vivid Metallic Ground Beetle - Chlaenius tricolor
Copyright © 2016 Alex Harman

Vivid Metallic Ground Beetle - Chlaenius tricolor
Outside of Platteville , Grant County, Wisconsin, USA
April 3, 2016
Found under carpet in a garden.

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Vivid Metallic Ground Beetle - Chlaenius tricolor Vivid Metallic Ground Beetle - Chlaenius tricolor
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Contributed by Alex Harman on 3 April, 2016 - 10:22pm
Last updated 4 April, 2016 - 9:31am

Moved
Moved from Vivid Metallic Ground Beetles.
… Alex Harman, 4 April, 2016 - 9:31am login or register to post comments

Chlaenius tricolor
is my first choice for this common species in Wisconsin. We're you thinking the same? It would help the identifier if body length (even if an estimate) is posted in terms of millimeters. Of course that may not be possible for active live insects.
… Peter W. Messer, 4 April, 2016 - 7:31am login or register to post comments

 
Yes, tricolor was my guess,
but with 50 US species, I was hoping for confirmation.
… Alex Harman, 4 April, 2016 - 7:36am login or register to post comments

 
Give yourself credit
by including your guess somewhere in the note section attached to your image. I do agree that it is best not to place your post on the species page if you are not sure. See my paper on Wisconsin ground beetles so you will be able to significantly reduce the choices of species in the future.
… Peter W. Messer, 4 April, 2016 - 7:42am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
From now on I'll consult your list when dealing with Carabids.
… Alex Harman, 4 April, 2016 - 9:31am login or register to post comments

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