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A dark, black beetle found on the pavement near grass. Its shell is iridescent, and gives on a purplish hue in direct sunlight. Beetles like it give off a foul odor, though I did not check this one for the same mechanism.
ok I know many people think of the Silphidae as carrion beetles, but my mom (a forest entomologist) called this one a carrion beetle and the spotted Silphidae that pairs up and seems to reanimate a mouse corpse she called a Corpse Beetle. No doubt Ground Beetle works well on this one.
Spotted on Aug 16, 2011
Submitted on Aug 17, 2011
