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ground beetle - Agonum gratiosum
Copyright © 2019 ophis

ground beetle - Agonum gratiosum
Randolph, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
March 30, 2019
Size: 8.1 mm
In litter, rocky oak woods in Rt 93 median just E of easternmost Rt 24 ramp, Randolph, MA 3/30/19. Larger image.

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Contributed by ophis on 5 June, 2019 - 9:55am
Last updated 14 April, 2021 - 8:50am

Moved
Moved from Agonum.
… ophis, 14 April, 2021 - 8:50am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Synuchus impunctatus.
… ophis, 4 February, 2020 - 11:00am login or register to post comments

This is an Agonum
On the larger image, we can see that the tarsal claws aren,t dented. Plus the overall shape on the head and the pronotum is too elongated. I can't go to specie leel, but I'm very confident this is an Agonum, and definitely not a S. impunctatus!
… Nicolas Bédard, 4 February, 2020 - 8:21am login or register to post comments

 
re: Agonum
thanks for help
… ophis, 4 February, 2020 - 11:02am login or register to post comments

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