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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Ground and Water Beetles (Adephaga) » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Elaphrinae » Elaphrini » Marsh Ground Beetles (Elaphrus)
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Cicindela cursitans? - Elaphrus
Copyright © 2008 Doug Taron

Cicindela cursitans? - Elaphrus
Matthiessen State Park, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA
June 2, 2008
Size: 8 mm
These tiny tiger beetles were reasonably abundant in the wet mud around an old quarry pit.
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Contributed by Doug Taron on 4 June, 2008 - 2:22pm

pls flip it head to north, would you?
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… v belov, 29 March, 2009 - 8:26pm login or register to post comments

Doug, what do you think
of Elaphrus, in the guide here
… john and jane balaban, 4 June, 2008 - 2:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes
Yep, that's it. That would explain why my tiger beetle guide was so unhelpful, Thanks.
… Doug Taron, 4 June, 2008 - 2:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Great, I'll move it. Sorry I missed
your recent talk on pollinators. Jane said you were great - of course!
… john and jane balaban, 4 June, 2008 - 2:54pm login or register to post comments

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