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Ground Beetles Mating - Carabus nemoralis - male - female
Copyright © 2007 Lynette Schimming

Ground Beetles Mating - Carabus nemoralis - Male Female
Puyallup, Pierce County, Washington, USA
September 11, 2007
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Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 12 September, 2007 - 9:54am
Last updated 12 September, 2007 - 9:26pm

change "Darkling Beetles" to "Ground Beetles"
as the former common name is used for the beetle family Tenebrionidae. Otherwise, these two intimate beetles do indeed look like Carabus nemoralis.
… Peter Messer, 12 September, 2007 - 8:03pm login or register to post comments

 
oops,
thanks for pointing that out.
… Lynette Schimming, 12 September, 2007 - 9:26pm login or register to post comments

Good shot
I'd look up in the sky if she was that ugly too.
… RyanJS, 12 September, 2007 - 7:23pm login or register to post comments

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