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bluelytes Olympia, WA(Zone 8b) Jun 24, 2006

Anyone know if this is good or bad?

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ceejaytown The Woodlands, TX(Zone 9a) Jun 24, 2006

Looks like one of the ground beetles (there are many of them)...Most are predaceous on other insects, even snails and slugs. Some climb trees looking for caterpillars (think tent caterpillars and webworms)..
Where did you find it and what was it doing? How big is it?

Is it still alive?
CJ

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ceejaytown The Woodlands, TX(Zone 9a) Jun 24, 2006

Is this it? http://bugguide.net/node/view/39793

Or this? http://bugguide.net/node/view/24631

Or this? http://bugguide.net/node/view/18091/bgimage



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bluelytes Olympia, WA(Zone 8b) Jun 24, 2006

CEE,
Looks closest to the first one, but still not an exact match I dont think.

Best;
blue

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ceejaytown The Woodlands, TX(Zone 9a) Jun 24, 2006

If you could answer those questions, it would be a BIG help....

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Night_Bloom Griffin, GA(Zone 8a) Jun 24, 2006

I think ceejaytown is correct. It looks like a ground beetle to me as well.

The closest other thing would be a darkling beetle (family Tenebrionidae), but the apparently 5,5,5 tarsi and non-notched eyes would put this more in ground beetles (Carabidae). (Darkling beetles have 5,5,4 tarsi and I count 5 tarsal segments on the back feet in your picure.)

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