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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Ground and Water Beetles (Adephaga) » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae
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Black Ground Beetle
Copyright © 2009 Lynette Schimming

Black Ground Beetle
Puyallup, Pierce County, Washington, USA
February 18, 2009
Size: around 13 mm
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Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 18 February, 2009 - 6:49pm
Last updated 17 November, 2009 - 10:47pm

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Moved from Ground Beetles.
… v belov, 17 November, 2009 - 10:47pm login or register to post comments

The rather broad elliptical outline
does superficially suggest to me the genus Amara but offhand I don't recall one reaching 13 mm. Instead, large body size and a proportionately large head better point to a stout member of Harpalini. My ability to recognize images of eastern carabids is much stronger than for the far western fauna.
… Peter Messer, 19 February, 2009 - 1:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Peter
The 13 is a ball-park. I didn't have a ruler. It may have been a bit smaller.
… Lynette Schimming, 19 February, 2009 - 4:13pm login or register to post comments

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