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big beetle - Calosoma scrutator
Copyright © 2006 GypsumWolf

big beetle - Calosoma scrutator
Collegedale, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA
August 25, 2006
Size: about 1 inch
It would run fast and not ever stop much. Found after dark.

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Contributed by GypsumWolf on 26 August, 2006 - 8:05am
Last updated 7 September, 2006 - 3:26pm

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… Adalbert Goertz, 1 September, 2006 - 8:45pm login or register to post comments

Calomosma
Looks like Calosoma scrutator, a nice big metallic-colorful ground beetle.
… Stephen Cresswell, 26 August, 2006 - 8:53am login or register to post comments

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