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Seed-Eating Ground Beetle

Amara sp.

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Field Notes

Description:

Black ground beetle.
"Medium-sized, usually oval beetles, many with coppery reflection, though some are black or brown. Typically encountered running about in the open. Most fully winged (macropterous).
Species-level identification is difficult, even with technical keys."

Habitat:

Ground in town

Reference Links:

Genus Amara - Seed-Eating Ground Beetles - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Ground beetle

Carabidae
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PublishedAugust 10, 2013

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