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Ground Beetle

Carabidae

Photo by MokYounFai
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Description:

Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe.[2] It is one of the top-10 largest animal families, as of 2015.
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Ground beetle

Species ID Suggestions

Lebiinid beetle

Catascopus phlogops

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Mark Ridgway
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Comments (13)
MokYounFai
Hi.. Mark Ridgway.. You are right with the ID :)
AntónioGinjaGinja
Beautiful capture MokYounFai,congrats on the well deserved SOTD and thanks for sharing
AshleyT
Congrats Mok Youn Fai, this beautiful beetle has been chosen as Spotting of the Day! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/projectnoah/photos/a.10150595289465603.674700.10150120463815603/10156300875385603/?type=3&theater Twitter: https://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/673356428346814464
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PublishedDecember 5, 2015

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