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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Tiger Beetles (Cicindelinae) » Big-headed Tiger Beetles (Megacephalini) » Metallic Tiger Beetles (Tetracha) » Virginia Metallic Tiger Beetle (Tetracha virginica)
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Tetracha virginica - female
Copyright © 2010 Frank Guarnieri

Tetracha virginica - Female
Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
August 9, 1986
Size: 23 mm
Running quickly in a parking lot at night under bright security lights. I think this is currently our most northern BugGuide record for this species. I have only encountered this beetle in southeast Maryland where it is not common, but still a regular visitor seen on the the ground at night around lights close to the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. 38.9810, -76.5625
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Contributed by Frank Guarnieri on 12 February, 2010 - 3:26am
Last updated 23 November, 2019 - 8:41am

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