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Copyright © 2007 Mardon Erbland

Metallic Blue Beetle. - Callidium violaceum

48.164081N 53.964719W (WGS84), Clarenville, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada
June 27, 2007
Size: 14mm Body Length

This beetle was crawling on the floor of a woodshed when I found it. It's covered with sawdust.

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Metallic Blue Beetle. - Callidium violaceum

Metallic Blue Beetle. - Callidium violaceum

Metallic Blue Beetle. - Callidium violaceum

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Contributed by Mardon Erbland on 29 June, 2007 - 7:27pm
Last updated 12 January, 2019 - 1:48pm

Moved

Moved from Callidium.

… v belov, 15 August, 2012 - 1:36pm

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longhorn

callidium sp.

… William Ericson, 30 June, 2007 - 12:07am

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Thanks - Moved

Thank you for the ID, William. I've moved the images to the genus page.

… Mardon Erbland, 30 June, 2007 - 6:30am

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Cool.

Very colorful! You'll have to dust off the next one for 'its' photo op:-)

… Eric R. Eaton, 2 July, 2007 - 6:02pm

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Thanks

Thanks, Eric. I saw one of these same beetles while it was clean and located in the bright sun. Did it ever shine! It flew away before I could photograph it. Per your suggestion, I thought about cleaning the sawdust off this one but my wife already considers me 'crazy' for photographing 'bugs'. She might try to have me committed if she caught me giving a beetle a 'bath' before its photo session. ;)

… Mardon Erbland, 6 July, 2007 - 9:43am

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From the size and the shining elytra

it seems that this would be C. violaceum, Yanega fig 217. It will be interesting to see what Ted or Guy say.

… john and jane balaban, 6 July, 2007 - 9:52am

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ID confirmed by Doug Yanega: C. violaceum

… v belov, 15 August, 2012 - 1:39pm

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