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Copper and Purple Beetle - Carabus nemoralis
Copyright © 2006 Naomi Smith

Copper and Purple Beetle - Carabus nemoralis
Pickering, Durham, Ontario, Canada
September 8, 2006
Size: 1/2 inch +
Found this handsome beetle drowned in a small container after a heavy rain. Have never seen one quite like it before. Help with ID appreciated.
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Contributed by Naomi Smith on 14 November, 2006 - 12:30pm
Last updated 14 November, 2006 - 8:26pm

Carabus nemoralis
It is a Ground Beetle: species Carabus nemoralis. It's a quit common species (at least in Québec, I don't know the situation of this species in Ontario), but we don't often notice them cause they are mostly active at night.
… Pierre-Marc Brousseau, 14 November, 2006 - 1:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Very nice colors
in your photo of Carabus nemoralis.
… Jim McClarin, 14 November, 2006 - 6:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Carabus nemoralis
Thanks Jim and Pierre-Marc. I though this one very handsome.
Naomi
… Naomi Smith, 17 November, 2006 - 12:19pm login or register to post comments

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