Green Beetle - Carabus auratus

maybe ..

maybe Carabus auratus or similar. Listed from here in NIN.

… Phillip Harpootlian, 2 March, 2006 - 9:15pm

Thanks, Phillip

Carabus auratus looks good!

… Peter Hollinger, 2 March, 2006 - 9:27pm

Agreed.

I just identified one of these for another website a week or two ago. It is an introduced species from Europe, not a native.

… Eric R. Eaton, 3 March, 2006 - 12:18pm

range?

I don't recall seeing much about the range of this in NA - is listed in Nomina, but also Quebec Canada. It appears this was deliberately introduced;

Smith, M.E. 1959. Carabus auratus L. and other carabid beetles introduced into the United States as gypsy moth predators (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 61: 7-10.

… Phillip Harpootlian, 3 March, 2006 - 3:41pm

Nice beetle!

I'm envious. Maybe I'll find one too eventually.

… Jim McClarin, 2 March, 2006 - 9:14pm

Cool beetle!!!

I'd love to see one too.

… tom murray, 2 March, 2006 - 9:51pm