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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Ground and Water Beetles (Adephaga) » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Pterostichitae » Chlaeniini » Vivid Metallic Ground Beetles (Chlaenius) » subgenus Eurydactylus (Chlaenius subgenus Eurydactylus) » Chlaenius tomentosus
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Vivid Metalic - Ground Beetle - Chlaenius tomentosus - male
Copyright © 2014 James Shelton

Vivid Metalic - Ground Beetle - Chlaenius tomentosus - Male
High-bridge Trail Rice Access, Prince Edward County, Virginia, USA
April 27, 2014
Size: ~10-15mm long
His Electra has a blue sheen close to the pronotum. Is this Amara - Seed-Eating Ground Beetles?
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Contributed by James Shelton on 27 April, 2014 - 7:58pm
Last updated 27 April, 2014 - 9:09pm

Moved
Moved from Vivid Metallic Ground Beetles.
… v belov, 27 April, 2014 - 9:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thanks for the species.
… James Shelton, 27 April, 2014 - 9:50pm login or register to post comments

Moved tentatively
Moved from Vivid Metallic Ground Beetles.
… v belov, 27 April, 2014 - 8:56pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ground Beetles.
… James Shelton, 27 April, 2014 - 8:56pm login or register to post comments

Chlaenius
… Brad Barnd, 27 April, 2014 - 8:11pm login or register to post comments

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