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Photo#184548
Ground Beetle or Eleodes? - Eleodes acuticauda

Ground Beetle or Eleodes? - Eleodes acuticauda
Santiago Oaks Regional Park, Orange County, California, USA
May 4, 2008
Size: 2-3cm
On sandy path; didn't run very fast. Sadly none of my photos of this individual show the tarsi in focus. Did not stick its head in the sand.

Moved
Moved from Eleodes.

Eleodes acuticaudus
a distinctively shaped species in the L.A. area.

Moved
Moved from Darkling Beetles.

Eleodes.
Eleodes or a related genus of Tenebrionidae.