Green Sheen Ground Beetle
Profile
Blue Waxy Ground Beetle
S1, dorsal
| Green Sheen Ground Beetle Profile | | Blue Waxy Ground Beetle S1, dorsal | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Beetles (Coleoptera) | ||||
| Family: | Ground Beetle (Carabidae) | ||||
| Species: | Green Sheen Ground Beetle (Carenum subcyaneum) | ||||
| This Photo: | Head | ||||
Thank you Mark Hura for identifying this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere What first grabbed our attention to this black beetle was the bright green line all around it's circumference. As it turns out, it's whole body reflects green, but the lip around it's edge makes it look like a green line. At first we thought it was a huge ant as it was moving pretty quickly across our camp ground. | |||||
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