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Vivid Metallic Ground Beetle - Chlaenius tricolor - male
Copyright © 2014 Bill Keim

Vivid Metallic Ground Beetle - Chlaenius tricolor - Male
Buckingham, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
March 26, 2013
Size: 10.5 mm head-abdomen
Found under a rock. I believe this is Chlaenius.

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Vivid Metallic Ground Beetle - Chlaenius tricolor - male Vivid Metallic Ground Beetle - Chlaenius tricolor - male
Contributed by Bill Keim on 14 February, 2014 - 9:56am
Last updated 14 February, 2015 - 4:36am

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