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Spotting Image 1

Description:

This iridescent green ground beetle with a bright orange rim around his wings looks a lot like Chlaenius sericeus!

Notes:

Thanks for the positive ID http://www.zin.ru/Animalia/Coleoptera/en...

3 Species ID Suggestions

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HemantKumar
HemantKumar 12 years ago
Chlaenius spoliatus
Chlaenius (Chlaenites) spoliatus (Rossi, 1790)
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RicardoBayshark
RicardoBayshark 12 years ago
Ground beetle : Fiery Searcher
Carabidae: Calosoma sp.
Noah Ranger +2
bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago
Caterpillar Hunter
Calosoma scrutator Caterpillar Hunter (Calosoma scrutator) | Flickr - Photo Sharing!


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8 Comments

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bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Colors may change due to light angulation:
http://6legs2many.wordpress.com/tag/calo...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/307136/bgp...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/389/bgpage...

YukoChartraw
YukoChartraw 11 years ago

This is so cool!

LanaSutton
LanaSutton 11 years ago

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

LanaSutton
LanaSutton 11 years ago

Thanks for the positive ID

NayNay
NayNay 12 years ago

ooh good picture! Nice colours :-)

JosephBullock
JosephBullock 12 years ago

Interesting to place it in water. Looks like it helped perk it up! :) Good Picture!

Darvesh
Darvesh 12 years ago

beautiful detailing.

HemantKumar
HemantKumar 12 years ago

nice pic

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LanaSutton
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LanaSutton

Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA

Spotted on May 2, 2011
Submitted on May 5, 2011

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