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Black and dark green beetle - Platycerus quercus
Copyright © 2012 James Reben

Black and dark green beetle - Platycerus quercus
Fairfield, Somerset County, Maine, USA
May 26, 2012
Size: 10-12mm
on a blade of tall weedy grass between woodland and meadow, near vernal pool...it did not move, even a little.

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Contributed by James Reben on 26 May, 2012 - 4:30pm

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 26 May, 2012 - 4:50pm

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