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Tarpela undulata
Photo#1688165
Copyright © 2019
robinhood
Black Ground Beetle -
Tarpela undulata
Dunwoody, Dekalb County, Georgia, USA
July 6, 2019
Size: 1 inch
Images of this individual:
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Contributed by
robinhood
on 6 July, 2019 - 11:58am
Last updated 19 July, 2021 - 12:57am
Moved tentatively
Moved from
Helopini
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v belov
, 19 July, 2021 - 12:57am
Moved
Moved from
Darkling Beetles
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Tyler Hedlund
, 12 October, 2019 - 1:23pm
agreed, looks helopine
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C
, 12 October, 2019 - 11:39am
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ID Request
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Tyler Hedlund
, 6 July, 2019 - 5:46pm
Darkling?
I would like to echo Margarethe's comment on the importance of a dorsal shot. If you have one, please upload, that would help with the ID.
Instead of a Ground Beetle, I might suggest
Tenebrionidae
, something in Tribe
Helopini
. Compare (Not an ID):
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Jeff Brown
, 6 July, 2019 - 3:32pm
You images are technically nice
but for carabid identification an undistorted straight dorsal shot is essential
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margarethe brummermann
, 6 July, 2019 - 12:19pm
Ground Beetle ID
Sorry - beetle was quite active and escaped before I could get a dorsal view.
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robinhood
, 7 July, 2019 - 11:07am