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Vivid Metallic Ground beetle? - Chlaenius
Copyright © 2007 Terry Allison

Vivid Metallic Ground beetle? - Chlaenius
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA
Am I IDing this correctly as a Vivid Metallic Ground Beetle - Chlaenius sericeus? Thanks for your help.
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Contributed by Terry Allison on 4 January, 2007 - 10:25am
Last updated 5 January, 2007 - 2:33pm

My opinion
would be Chlaenius nemoralis
… Guy A. Hanley, 26 February, 2008 - 9:57am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you...
...I appreciate your help.
… Terry Allison, 26 February, 2008 - 11:02am login or register to post comments

Chlaenius yes, sericeus no.
This is a different species in the genus Chlaenius. Did you happen to get a whiff of it?:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 4 January, 2007 - 12:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you...
...for your help. I don't recall this critter putting off a foul odor, but in reading up on Chlaenius, it apparently could have. (Maybe I had a cold that day!) I appreciate your help.
… Terry Allison, 4 January, 2007 - 1:05pm login or register to post comments

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