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Pterostichus rostratus
Photo#82774
Copyright © 2006
tom murray
Ground Beetle -
Pterostichus rostratus
Albany, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA
October 11, 2006
Size: 15mm
Found under a rock in the woods.
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tom murray
on 11 October, 2006 - 9:00pm
Are you sure of your identifi
Are you sure of your identification ? It sure look like
P. rostratus
, but I see something that look like a setal puncture on the 3rd interstrie of the left elytra.
P. rostratus
don't have any setal puncture. I can be wrong; it's quit hard to see on a picture if it is really a setal punctature or anything else...
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Pierre-Marc Brousseau
, 12 October, 2006 - 7:28pm
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Pierre-Marc
I posted another picture showing the other side of this beetle, and don't see a puncture there. It must have just had a mark in it's elytra on this one side.
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tom murray
, 13 October, 2006 - 7:09am
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Correct
Yes, on the other side I can't see any puncture, so it's praticaly sure that it is
P. rostratus
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Pierre-Marc Brousseau
, 13 October, 2006 - 6:00pm
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