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Arboreal Ground beetle

Pericalus depressus

Description:

About 10mm large, blue and metallic green, with six large yellow spots. It has big prominent compound eyes & large jaws.

Habitat:

Spotted at Bukit Kiara Forest near Kuala Lumpur.

1 Species ID Suggestions

thaptor
thaptor 7 years ago
Arboreal Ground beetle
Pericalus depressus Genus Pericalus W.S. MacLeay, 1825: 15 - Carabidae


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2 Comments

JordiPrats
JordiPrats 7 years ago

Thanks again for your help thaptor

thaptor
thaptor 7 years ago

Not a true Tiger, but with similar mode of life
(daylight sight hunter on vegetation).

I'm quite positive on species ID - reference specimen is from Malaysia.

JordiPrats
Spotted by
JordiPrats

KL, Malaysia

Spotted on Jun 16, 2015
Submitted on Jun 16, 2015

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