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Swarming beetle - Brachinus
Copyright © 2008 Philip Kline

Swarming beetle - Brachinus
Upper Sycamore Canyon at Ruby Road, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
June 19, 2008
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Contributed by Philip Kline on 21 June, 2008 - 1:11pm
Last updated 25 August, 2008 - 5:55pm

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 25 August, 2008 - 5:55pm

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These look like Bombardier beetles (Carabidae). Did they let out puffs of smoke as you disturbed them?
… Andy Calderwood, 21 June, 2008 - 2:27pm

 
I don't remember, but now you
I don't remember, but now you mention it there was a strange odor, so I'll bet they did.
… Philip Kline, 21 June, 2008 - 8:38pm

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