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Black and orange ground beetle - Brachinus tenuicollis
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Black and orange ground beetle - Brachinus tenuicollis
Pryor, Mayes County, Oklahoma, USA
May 22, 2014
Bombardier beetle? Hard for me to see which one.

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Black and orange ground beetle - Brachinus tenuicollis Black and orange ground beetle - Brachinus tenuicollis Black and orange ground beetle - Brachinus tenuicollis
Contributed by Bob Webster on 26 May, 2014 - 12:04am
Last updated 21 November, 2018 - 8:38pm

Moved tentatively
Moved from Bombardier Beetle.
… v belov, 21 November, 2018 - 8:38pm

these are notoriously hard to tell apart
Moved from Ground Beetles.
… v belov, 26 May, 2014 - 9:36am

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