green punctate carabid - Agonum octopunctatum

What a nifty carabid!

I figured you'd be out all day yesterday, Tom, and was looking forward to seeing your arthropod treasures. This one is an absolute beauty!

… Jim McClarin, 12 March, 2006 - 5:48am

Agonum octopunctatum

I just found a match to this beetle on ITIS.

… tom murray, 14 March, 2006 - 9:59am

Close anyway

I don't see the strong medial crease in the pronotum and the punctures are not evenly spaced as they are in yours.

… Jim McClarin, 14 March, 2006 - 7:01pm

Maybe real close

Don Chandler emailed me, saying he agreed with the id. I'm dropping off the specimen to him later this week, so he can give it a good look over, before adding it to the UNH collection.

… tom murray, 14 March, 2006 - 7:36pm

Great!

Did he say it was a new addition to the collection?

… Jim McClarin, 14 March, 2006 - 7:40pm

He didn't say

if it was a new addition, only that it's an uncommon species that he would like for the collection.

… tom murray, 14 March, 2006 - 8:02pm

Agonum octopunctatum; uncommon??

I find it strange to here(see) that comment. In the the riverine habitats in central Vermont where I lived for 25yrs, I could go out along the river, overturning rocks and logs, and easily come up with 100 a day. Indeed I have vials full of them in alchohol.

… Richard Lareau, 13 August, 2006 - 9:17am

I guess it depends on where you look.

I have yet to find one in southern New Hampshire.

… Jim McClarin, 13 August, 2006 - 5:57pm

Thanks Jim

I hope this is a good sign of things to come. I found all my beetles under about 3 rocks. The only actively moving bugs in the open were flies, stoneflies, and spiders.

… tom murray, 12 March, 2006 - 8:11am