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Ground Beetle - Poecilus chalcites
Copyright © 2005 Matthew Roth

Ground Beetle - Poecilus chalcites
Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
May 6, 2005
Size: 1 inch
I found this beetle under a rock. I think it is a ground beetle of some sort.

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Contributed by Matthew Roth on 8 May, 2005 - 6:04pm
Last updated 1 March, 2006 - 8:01am

Nice photo.
Nice photo, and one that would probably be improved by adjusting the brightness. Cameras try to always give an "average tone," neither bright nor dark. I am guessing your background here was really white, but the camera has turned it gray in an effort to give an average tone for the photo. If you lighten the photo up until the background is white again, it may reveal more detail of your Carabid.

Some cameras let you do this adjustment before you take the picture, by setting exposure compensation to "+1" or "+2."

Nice beetle, seems to have some coppery metallic colors.

--Stephen

Stephen Cresswell
Buckhannon, WV
www.stephencresswell.com
… Stephen Cresswell, 8 May, 2005 - 6:52pm login or register to post comments

carabid
Beautiful! It's definitely a ground beetle, family Caribidae.
… Jim McClarin, 8 May, 2005 - 6:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Might be....
This could be Pterostichus chalcites, one of the few metallic beetles in that genus.
… Eric R. Eaton, 9 May, 2005 - 3:46pm login or register to post comments

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