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Vivid Metallic Ground Beetle - Chlaenius vafer
Copyright © 2016 Robert Lord Zimlich

Vivid Metallic Ground Beetle - Chlaenius vafer
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
September 25, 2016
Must just be the angle, because usually I've see bronze rather than green. If correct, adds September datapoint for Alabama
Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 25 September, 2016 - 9:17pm
Last updated 23 December, 2017 - 9:35pm

Moved
Moved from subgenus Chlaeniellus.
… v belov, 23 December, 2017 - 9:35pm

nice one
Moved from Vivid Metallic Ground Beetles.
… v belov, 4 December, 2017 - 6:12pm

Moved, lots of species of Chlaenius
Don't assume it's tricolor based on your earlier sumissions. Moved for expert review

Moved from Chlaenius tricolor tricolor.
… Blaine Mathison, 26 September, 2016 - 6:34am

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