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This iridescent green ground beetle with a bright orange rim around his wings looks a lot like Chlaenius sericeus!
Thanks for the positive ID http://www.zin.ru/Animalia/Coleoptera/en...
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http://6legs2many.wordpress.com/tag/calo...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/307136/bgp...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/389/bgpage...
He's actually sitting in a shallow plastic bowl, not water! I figured I'd put him in there, so he didn't get harmed while I photographed him
Interesting to place it in water. Looks like it helped perk it up! :) Good Picture!