Request for Insect Identification Assistance

Hi Adam,

Thanks for the info on picture sharing. Please see link below.

imgur.com/gallery/R4M3q4X

Greetings,

PaulK is correct - it is a ground beetle in the family Carabidae. While your image is a bit unclear, the color, shape of the pronotum, your location and the fact that the species is abundant over a good deal of the country, I think it may be Stenolophus ochropezus - search images of Stenolophus ochropezus on BugGuide.net and see if that looks like your bug.

Just last night, I was pinning specimens and a S. ochropezus dropped onto my mounting board and began running around. It was attracted to light and came in through a hole in the window screen. These will come to lights by the hundreds.

I just learned that if you go to Imgur, right-click on an image, and choose "Open in a new tab" you get an image that you can magnify much larger than using the "enlarge" tool on Imgur. It probably depends on the size of the original image, but it's a handy option to get a bigger look at an image.

Hope this helps!
Bandrow