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Grn Click Beetle - Chalcolepidius smaragdinus
Copyright © 2008 Bob Beatson

Grn Click Beetle - Chalcolepidius smaragdinus
Montosa Canyon, Santa Rita Mts., Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
August 5, 2008
Size: 50mm
1st of 2 images. This huge fellow was 50mm (I measured it). Thought about taking it home and putting a leash on it. Could it be a species of Chalcolepidius?? Would really like some ID input. Thanks. I brightened the original images, but this is the true color.

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Contributed by Bob Beatson on 5 August, 2008 - 5:32pm
Last updated 6 August, 2008 - 4:11pm

Chalcolepidius, yes
I suggest C. smaragdinus, which occurs in Arizona.
… Michael C. Thomas, 5 August, 2008 - 7:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Hello Mike
Thanks for the input. I looked at the one posted on bugguide from 1987 (too bad he didn't include size), but mine has striations that run the length of the elytra. Perhaps because of the angle the pic was taken of the 1987 specimen, the striations don't show??
… Bob Beatson, 6 August, 2008 - 11:00am login or register to post comments

 
I just looked at your photo again
and at the specimen that I finally caught- they look different, don't they? Maybe it's because yours is a female...
… margarethe brummermann, 18 August, 2008 - 12:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes
they do, especially the antennae. Could they be the same sp but different gender and have antennae that distinctly different?
… Bob Beatson, 18 August, 2008 - 6:04pm login or register to post comments

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