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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:

Thanks for the positive ID http://www.zin.ru/Animalia/Coleoptera/eng/chl_06.htm

Species ID Suggestions

Caterpillar Hunter

Calosoma scrutator

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bayucca
2

Ground beetle : Fiery Searcher

Carabidae: Calosoma sp.
RicardoBayshark
1

Chlaenius spoliatus

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HemantKumar
2

Comments (8)
bayucca
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
LanaSutton
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
NayNay
ooh good picture! Nice colours :-)
JosephBullock
Interesting to place it in water. Looks like it helped perk it up! :) Good Picture!

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Insects of TN
Mission
Beetles (and kin) of the Southeastern US
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PublishedMay 5, 2011

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