#carbidae

Three Carabid (aka Ground) beetles.  What makes these special is that the three of them are all new state records for Maryland, collected by Brent Steury during a survey of Cove Point Liquid Natural Gas.  There are many species of these small little ground beetles.    So much to do.

Anisodactylus haplomus

Stenocrepis mexicana

Pterostichus permundus

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