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Green-bordered Ground Beetle

Pasimachus viridans

Description:

Emerald beetle in my friend's hand. Two jewels in one hand.

Habitat:

Subtropical forest.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Green-bordered Ground Beetle
Pasimachus viridans Green-bordered Ground Beetle


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16 Comments

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Thank you ulvalactuca77.

ulvalactuca77
ulvalactuca77 10 years ago

Wow, Luis! Truly awesome spotting!

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Thank you Emily

EmilyMarino
EmilyMarino 10 years ago

So pretty!

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Yes Karen Saxton, there are still many surprises to discover.

KarenSaxton
KarenSaxton 10 years ago

Amazing. I see our continent still has a few surprises for me to discover :)

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Thank you Jolly, yes they are very similar.

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Thank you Bhagya.

Jolly Ibañez
Jolly Ibañez 10 years ago

Nice find Luis. Looks very similar to a spotting of dandoucette which is red. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/106...

Bhagya Herath
Bhagya Herath 10 years ago

nice spotting....

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Thank you Lauren.

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

What a beauty!

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Thank you Jakubko for your work IDing this Beetle.

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 10 years ago

Carabidae, Scaritinae, Pasimachus, and despite many photos with only a green border, and black on the inside, I found an all-green phenotype on BOLD, P. viridans.

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Ha ha thanks Bayucca.

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Is this a Carabidae?? I do not dare to search for "green beetle of Mexico", I always only got green volkswagen on my screen ;-)...

LuisStevens
Spotted by
LuisStevens

San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Spotted on Oct 19, 2013
Submitted on Nov 10, 2013

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