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Ground Beetle - Platynus decentis
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

Ground Beetle - Platynus decentis
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
March 12, 2006
Size: 13mm
Found under a log in the woods.
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Contributed by tom murray on 12 March, 2006 - 8:52pm
Last updated 14 July, 2007 - 5:45pm

Thanks Kip
Moved from Platynini.
… tom murray, 14 July, 2007 - 5:45pm login or register to post comments

Platynini
Probably Platynus decentus.

Kip
… Kipling Will, 14 July, 2007 - 1:18pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Agonum.
May rather fall into Platynus in American concepts.
… Boris Büche, 7 May, 2007 - 11:35am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ground Beetles.
… tom murray, 15 December, 2006 - 7:47am login or register to post comments

Agonum sp.
of the subgroup known as Limodromus in Europe.

:-)

Boris
… Boris Büche, 15 December, 2006 - 6:37am login or register to post comments

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