Green Sheen Ground Beetle
Head, profile
Green Sheen Ground Beetle
Ventral
| Green Sheen Ground Beetle Head, profile | | Green Sheen Ground Beetle Ventral | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Beetles (Coleoptera) | ||||
| Family: | Ground Beetle (Carabidae) | ||||
| Species: | Green Sheen Ground Beetle (Conopterum superbum) | ||||
| This Photo: | Mandibles | ||||
Thank you Mark Hura for identifying this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere Normally we find so much of our wildlife is tiny. It makes sence that to survive in our harsh semi-arid environment "tiny" means less resources required to thrive. AND THEN we get a whopper like this! A staggeringly large beetle at ~32mm long! That's 8, yes folks EIGHT, times bigger than the Bulbous Antennae Clerid Beetle we just published .... Mark said "They are fairly widespread right across the Mallee areas from Eyre Peninsula through to Victoria." | |||||
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