Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Lebiini » Lebiina » Colorful Foliage Ground Beetles (Lebia) » subgenus Lebia (Lebia subgenus Lebia) » viridis group (Lebia viridis group) » Lebia viridis
Photo#159322
Lebia - Lebia viridis
Copyright © 2007 Brad Barnd

Lebia - Lebia viridis
Pulaski County, Kentucky, USA
June 19, 2005
Size: ~ 4.5 mm
Lebia viridis
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 1 December, 2007 - 9:56pm
Last updated 10 June, 2011 - 3:47pm

Lebia viridis
Quite common throughout most of North America. Superficially similar to blackish unmetallic Lebia moesta (northern USA, not KY) and metallic Coptodera aerata as Brad had pointed out in his recent photo of the latter.
… Peter W. Messer, 2 December, 2007 - 2:32pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo