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Black Beetle with orange legs - Harpalus pensylvanicus
Copyright © 2006 Jo Ann Poe-McGavin

Black Beetle with orange legs - Harpalus pensylvanicus
Jim Thorpe, PA 18229, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
August 3, 2006
Size: 3/4 inch approx
My Dad used to call call these "water beetles" not sure why? Although they were mostly in moist places and very common-so now I want to know what they really. ^_^
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Contributed by Jo Ann Poe-McGavin on 4 August, 2006 - 10:47pm
Last updated 9 August, 2006 - 2:43am

Harpalus.
Ok, this is for sure Harpalus pennsylvanicus, a very common species in eastern North America (Carabidae). Note antennae are not bead-like, as they usually appear in Tenebrionidae.
… Eric R. Eaton, 7 August, 2006 - 6:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you both ^_^
Thank you both ^_^
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 7 August, 2006 - 10:11pm login or register to post comments

Darkling Beetle (Tenebrionidae)
from its shape.
… Adalbert Goertz, 5 August, 2006 - 7:27pm login or register to post comments

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