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Gleaming Darkling Beetle

Tarpela micans

Photo by Mandy Hollman
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Under some bark in a log pile

Notes:

There's a bonus bug in these photos - a Flat Bug!

Species ID Suggestions

Gleaming Darkling Beetle

Tarpela micans

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oxyjack
What you have here is a different family of beetles. It is a darkling beetle, belonging to the Family Tenebrionidae. If you look at the pictures of Poecilus chalcites, you'll notice two little dents at the back of the pronotum (the part between the head and the wing covers). Your photo doesn't have those dents. It appears to be a Gleaming Darkling Beetle, Tarpela micans
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PublishedMarch 20, 2012

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