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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Licinini » Dicaelina » Notched-mouth Ground Beetles (Dicaelus) » subgenus Dicaelus (Dicaelus subgenus Dicaelus) » Dicaelus purpuratus
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Pterostichus ? - Dicaelus purpuratus
Copyright © 2018 Marcia Morris

Pterostichus ? - Dicaelus purpuratus
Massanutten Resort, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA
July 29, 2018
Gathering_2018 - this ground beetle remained under the litter, and was quite active. Any guesses?
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Contributed by Marcia Morris on 30 July, 2018 - 7:08am
Last updated 30 July, 2018 - 8:16am

Dicaelus purpuratus
They're very common on the Massanutten ridge
Moved from Ground Beetles.
… Curt Harden, 30 July, 2018 - 8:16am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Marcia Morris, 30 July, 2018 - 7:51am login or register to post comments

hard to tell when more than 50% of specimen is hidden!
… Blaine Mathison, 30 July, 2018 - 7:43am login or register to post comments

 
I agree
the critter was not happy by my noticing it!
… Marcia Morris, 30 July, 2018 - 7:44am login or register to post comments

If the purplish color is true, it is probably
Dicaelus purpuratus.
… Skip Blanchard, 30 July, 2018 - 7:41am login or register to post comments

 
true color!
That is what caught my eye, even more than the movement.
… Marcia Morris, 30 July, 2018 - 7:44am login or register to post comments

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