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Purple-rimmed Carabus (Carabus nemoralis) - Carabus nemoralis
Copyright © 2011 Joel Vandermeulen

Purple-rimmed Carabus (Carabus nemoralis) - Carabus nemoralis
Fort McMurray, Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, Alberta, Canada
September 14, 2011
Size: ~23mm
I found this Carabus beetle while filming an environmental video in the woods with my friend Alex,so I packed it up for photographing later.

As far as I can tell this is a purple-rimmed carabus beetle, although it is the rarer "green-rimmed purple-rimmed carabus" if I'm not mistaken.

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Purple-rimmed Carabus (Carabus nemoralis) - Carabus nemoralis Purple-rimmed Carabus (Carabus nemoralis) - Carabus nemoralis
Contributed by Joel Vandermeulen on 15 September, 2011 - 10:18pm
Last updated 16 September, 2011 - 9:20am

Moved
Moved from Carabus.
… Joel Vandermeulen, 16 September, 2011 - 9:20am

nemoralis
… v belov, 16 September, 2011 - 7:24am

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… Brad Barnd, 15 September, 2011 - 11:16pm

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