Alobates pennsylvanica

Amici Con Coleotteri · May 10, 2014

Found these up in PA. Was a really exciting find

. Did I ID them correctly?

Lucanus · May 10, 2014

I think it's actually Tarpela micans since it has metallic color

Hisserdude · May 10, 2014

yeah it is! these are hard to find! how many did you catch?

Amici Con Coleotteri · May 11, 2014

Lucanus said:
I think it's actually Tarpela micans since it has metallic color

I'm so bad when it comes to IDs! Arg!

And yes they have a gorgeous metallic rainbow sheen that I just couldn't get to show in the picture.

Hisserdude said:
yeah it is! these are hard to find! how many did you catch?

Really?!

I got 3, but pretty sure I had seen a couple more where I got them but I was all excited and kept losing focus.

Hisserdude · May 11, 2014

Hopefully you caught at least one male and one female. Good luck breeding them!

pannaking22 · May 12, 2014

Great find! I've only managed to come across those a couple times before. Beautiful species!