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Ground Beetle - Elaphrus californicus
Copyright © 2005 Jay Cossey

Ground Beetle - Elaphrus californicus
Tuscarawas County, Ohio, USA
September 10, 2005
Size: Less than 1 cm
another angle on the Elaphrus

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Contributed by Jay Cossey on 12 September, 2005 - 9:43am
Last updated 18 April, 2006 - 8:20am

Marsh Ground Beetle???
This look something like the marsh ground beetle Elaphrus sp.
Just a guess. Was it at the edge of a pond or lake?
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 12 September, 2005 - 12:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Habitat
We found several scurrying around a mud puddle several yards from a riverbank.

Jay Cossey
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… Jay Cossey, 12 September, 2005 - 2:24pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree
I agree, Elaphrus. These can be hard to take to species, unfortunately. Aren't they beautiful beetles?

--Stephen

Stephen Cresswell
Buckhannon, WV
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… Stephen Cresswell, 12 September, 2005 - 1:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Gorgeous little jewels in the muck
Absolutely gorgeous little beetles that don't hold still! I'd only seen them once before.

Jay Cossey
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… Jay Cossey, 12 September, 2005 - 2:29pm login or register to post comments

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