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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Pterostichitae » Woodland Ground Beetles (Pterostichini) » Poecilus » chalcites group (Poecilus chalcites group) » Poecilus chalcites
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Green beetle collected on my wife - Poecilus chalcites
Copyright © 2011 Mark Fox

Green beetle collected on my wife - Poecilus chalcites
uptown New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
April 18, 2011
Size: ~13mm
This sparkly green beetle was apparently doing some biological pest control on my wife's shirt. She was a little alarmed, but I told her that it's better than being sprayed with insecticides!
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Contributed by Mark Fox on 7 June, 2011 - 11:17am
Last updated 30 July, 2017 - 9:47am

i think it's safe: chalcites is the only one in LA...
...per Bousquet (2012)

Moved from Poecilus.
… v belov, 10 February, 2013 - 5:54pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ground Beetles.
… Mark Fox, 7 June, 2011 - 4:44pm login or register to post comments

Poecilus would be my best bet
Poecilus would be my best bet...
… Tim Loh, 7 June, 2011 - 2:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Agreed
looks like P. chalcites, but I don't know what other species you may have down there
… Brad Barnd, 7 June, 2011 - 3:09pm login or register to post comments

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