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Colorful Foliage Ground Beetle

Lebia fuscata

Photo by KenCheeks
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Field Notes

Description:

Very small beetle (< 0.25 inches). Head and thorax are black. Abdomen is a coffee-colored brown with black markings (like spots). Mouth parts are well developed.

Habitat:

Attracted to a porch light near deciduous woods in a southeastern forest in the midlands of South Carolina (Edgefield County).

Reference Links:

Lebia fuscata?? - Lebia fuscata - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Ground Beetle

Lebia fuscata

Reference Link
KeithRoragen
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Comments (1)
KenCheeks
Thanks KeithRoragen for the identification assistance. I think that you nailed it.

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Wildlife of the South East, USA
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Beetles (and kin) of the Southeastern US

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PublishedApril 1, 2013

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