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Beetle ID Help

Beetle ID Help


Postby Rosdon » Wed Aug 18, 2021 3:58 pm

Can anyone help me ID this beetle seen by River Falloch North of Ben Lomond?
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Re: Beetle ID Help

Postby CharlesT » Wed Aug 18, 2021 5:14 pm

Think it could be the Black Ribbed Golden Ground Beetle Carabus auronitens
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Re: Beetle ID Help

Postby Rosdon » Wed Aug 18, 2021 8:06 pm

Thanks Charles T, - From trawling through google images I'd been starting to think Heath Goldsmith (Carabus Nitens) but it's very similar to Black Ribbed Golden Ground Beetle
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Re: Beetle ID Help

Postby CharlesT » Wed Aug 18, 2021 8:40 pm

Rosdon wrote:Thanks Charles T, - From trawling through google images I'd been starting to think Heath Goldsmith (Carabus Nitens) but it's very similar to Black Ribbed Golden Ground Beetle

You may well be right.
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