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Crops > Vegetables > Crucifers > Head cabbage > Chlaenius sp., Samoa

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Chlaenius sp.

Feburary 2007. The University of the Pacific, Samoa, sent pictures of a beetle and wolf spider from pitfall traps in a cabbage plot. Others were collected from the cabbage plants.

The beetle is a Chlaenius sp. from the family Carabidae. Most probably C flaviguttatus, a wide spread predator in the Asian/Pacific region. Others were not identified.