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Poecilus chalcites
Photo#16763
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
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Stephen Cresswell
, 8 May, 2005 - 6:52pm
carabid
Beautiful! It's definitely a ground beetle, family Caribidae.
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Jim McClarin
, 8 May, 2005 - 6:06pm
Might be....
This could be Pterostichus chalcites, one of the few metallic beetles in that genus.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 9 May, 2005 - 3:46pm
