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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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iridecent beetle - Carabus auratus
Copyright © 2006 iswope

iridecent beetle - Carabus auratus
Winchester, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
June 4, 2006
Size: 1.2"

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Contributed by iswope on 5 June, 2006 - 8:56pm
Last updated 21 January, 2018 - 7:54pm

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 27 September, 2006 - 3:37pm login or register to post comments

European ground beetle
I think we have one in the guide, family Carabidae.
… Jim McClarin, 5 June, 2006 - 9:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Carabus auratus?
… Peter Hollinger, 6 June, 2006 - 9:02am login or register to post comments

 
Yes.
That's the one I was thinking of. Do a google image search on Carabus auratus and you'll see loads of images that appear more green like the present specimen.
… Jim McClarin, 6 June, 2006 - 6:45pm login or register to post comments

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