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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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Purple and Black Carabid - Dicaelus purpuratus
Copyright © 2009 MelodyMcFarland

Purple and Black Carabid - Dicaelus purpuratus
Susquehannock State Park, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
August 3, 2009
Under a log; southeastern Pennsylvania
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Contributed by MelodyMcFarland on 11 August, 2009 - 11:30am
Last updated 7 December, 2010 - 1:24pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… margarethe brummermann, 12 August, 2009 - 11:58pm login or register to post comments

Thanks Andy!
Thanks Andy!
… MelodyMcFarland, 11 August, 2009 - 12:21pm login or register to post comments

Dicaelus purpuratus - ground beetle
Yours looks to be Dicaelus purpuratus purpuratus.
Down here in KS I find Dicaelus purpuratus splendidus, which has slightly different color, more coppery colored.

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… Andrew Williams, 11 August, 2009 - 12:13pm login or register to post comments

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