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Running up an Aspen - Platycerus depressus
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Running up an Aspen - Platycerus depressus
Vedauwoo Campground, Buford, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
June 13, 2015
Size: 10mm
Thought it was a Carabid when we first saw it crawl around on a dying Aspen trunk. Then we saw the jaws and the antennae! Does being found on Aspen make this Platycerys depressus? There were many dead and dying pine in the area.

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Contributed by john and jane balaban on 27 July, 2015 - 9:46am
Last updated 10 August, 2015 - 10:16am

Moved
Moved from Platycerus.
… MJ Paulsen, 10 August, 2015 - 10:16am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 27 July, 2015 - 9:48am

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