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Chlaenius tricolor tricolor
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Copyright © 2014
Bill Keim
Vivid Metallic Ground Beetle -
Chlaenius tricolor
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Buckingham, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
March 26, 2013
Size: 10.5 mm head-abdomen
Found under a rock. I believe this is
Chlaenius
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Contributed by
Bill Keim
on 14 February, 2014 - 9:54am
Last updated 14 February, 2015 - 4:34am
Moved tentatively
Moved from
Vivid Metallic Ground Beetles
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v belov
, 24 February, 2014 - 10:41am
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Moved
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Blaine Mathison
, 14 February, 2014 - 11:47am
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Genus is correct
not familiar enough with the species though...
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Guy A. Hanley
, 14 February, 2014 - 10:14am
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Chlaenius sericeus sericeus
http://www.insectsofalberta.com/chlaenius-sericeus.htm
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Heather M
, 14 February, 2014 - 12:37pm
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Doubt it
This is a tough genera, carabids are in general, but this image does not fit with the common
C. sericeus
identification given, especially with the bluish elytra....Pronotum is different too...
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Guy A. Hanley
, 14 February, 2014 - 12:44pm
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