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Bombardier Beetle - Brachinus vulcanoides
Copyright © 2008 tom murray

Bombardier Beetle - Brachinus vulcanoides
Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
November 7, 2008
Size: 11mm
This beetle's seen better days. It was missing one elytra when I found it, and it didn't try to bomb me when I picked it up, otherwise it was active.
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Contributed by tom murray on 8 November, 2008 - 10:29am
Last updated 10 June, 2009 - 5:17pm

Moved
Moved from Bombardier Beetle.
… tom murray, 10 June, 2009 - 5:17pm login or register to post comments

Brachinus vulcanoides
based on my microscopic examination of this specimen. Thanks Tom.
… Peter Messer, 10 June, 2009 - 1:50pm login or register to post comments

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