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Ground Beetle

Amara sp.

Description:

Black insect. May be white line around head or just the lighting on the image.

Habitat:

Attracted to porch light.

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2 Comments

CindyBinghamKeiser
CindyBinghamKeiser 12 years ago

Hi Ronald and Amissa, it sure looks close. The only thing throwing me off was what looked like white on the first image. Probably just lighting. I'll update the ID now. Thank you!

Ronald and Amissa
Ronald and Amissa 12 years ago

The one on the left for sure is a click beetle. The one on the right looks similar to this spotting of mine...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/717...

Poway, California, USA

Spotted on Sep 7, 2011
Submitted on Sep 7, 2011

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