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beetle - Carabus taedatus
Copyright © 2017 dhilkey

beetle - Carabus taedatus
Bitterbrush SWA, Moffat County, Colorado, USA
April 16, 2017
On sandy road in semi-desert scrubland.

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beetle - Carabus taedatus beetle - Carabus taedatus
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Contributed by dhilkey on 18 April, 2017 - 3:11pm

Moved tentatively to Carabus taedatus
Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 18 April, 2017 - 3:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Maybe Calosoma luxatum?
I recently photographed another beetle I believe is the same species as this one that was identified as Calosoma luxatum.
… dhilkey, 17 April, 2020 - 11:24am login or register to post comments

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