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Blue edged ground beetle - Carabus serratus
Copyright © 2015 Lynette Elliott

Blue edged ground beetle - Carabus serratus
Hwy 200, 6 miles East of Trout Creek, Sanders County, Montana, USA
April 27, 2015
Size: about 18 mm
Found under a log in an open field. Is this a female European Ground beetle?
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 29 April, 2015 - 11:52am
Last updated 29 April, 2015 - 6:10pm

Moved
Moved from Carabus.
… Lynette Elliott, 29 April, 2015 - 6:10pm

Moved, how about C. serratus???
Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 29 April, 2015 - 12:46pm

 
Yes I think that's right
The size is a better match too.
… Lynette Elliott, 29 April, 2015 - 12:48pm

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