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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Carabinae » Carabini » Carabus » Carabus auratus
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Green Beetle - Carabus auratus
Copyright © 2006 Peter Hollinger

Green Beetle - Carabus auratus
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
June 10, 2005
Size: ~25mm
Urban garden. This beetle seemed to be freshly hatched, weak-kneed with a beautiful green iridescence.

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Contributed by Peter Hollinger on 2 March, 2006 - 8:53pm
Last updated 14 July, 2017 - 10:14am

maybe ..
maybe Carabus auratus or similar. Listed from here in NIN.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 2 March, 2006 - 9:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Phillip
Carabus auratus looks good!
… Peter Hollinger, 2 March, 2006 - 9:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Agreed.
I just identified one of these for another website a week or two ago. It is an introduced species from Europe, not a native.
… Eric R. Eaton, 3 March, 2006 - 12:18pm login or register to post comments

 
range?
I don't recall seeing much about the range of this in NA - is listed in Nomina, but also Quebec Canada. It appears this was deliberately introduced;

Smith, M.E. 1959. Carabus auratus L. and other carabid beetles introduced into the United States as gypsy moth predators (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 61: 7-10.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 3 March, 2006 - 3:41pm login or register to post comments

Nice beetle!
I'm envious. Maybe I'll find one too eventually.
… Jim McClarin, 2 March, 2006 - 9:14pm login or register to post comments

 
Cool beetle!!!
I'd love to see one too.
… tom murray, 2 March, 2006 - 9:51pm login or register to post comments

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