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Blue-bordered Pedunculate Ground Beetle

Pasimachus elongatus

1,737 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Colorado.January 189, February 148, March 203, April 398, May 604, June 362, July 340, August 289, September 268, October 192, November 169, December 160.
United States6,615
Colorado3,322
Nebraska899
North Dakota589
Texas289
Canada198
Oklahoma137
Kansas126
New Mexico98
Manitoba80

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Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderBeetles · Coleoptera
FamilyGround Beetles · Carabidae
GenusWarrior Beetles · Pasimachus

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