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Photo by LanaSutton
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Field Notes

Description:

This iridescent green ground beetle with a bright orange rim around his wings looks a lot like Chlaenius sericeus!

Notes:

Species ID Suggestions

Caterpillar Hunter

Calosoma scrutator

Ground beetle : Fiery Searcher

Carabidae: Calosoma sp.

Chlaenius spoliatus

Comments (8)

Colors may change due to light angulation: http://6legs2many.wordpress.com/tag/calosoma-scrutator/ http://bugguide.net/node/view/307136/bgpage http://bugguide.net/node/view/389/bgpage
He's actually sitting in a shallow plastic bowl, not water! I figured I'd put him in there, so he didn't get harmed while I photographed him
ooh good picture! Nice colours :-)
Interesting to place it in water. Looks like it helped perk it up! :) Good Picture!

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