Found crawling under a large rock in damp soil
cool beetle
On the side of the road. In the sun the elytra had a gorgeous purple shine and the thorax turned bright green.
Had such a great night of black-lighting at Acton Nature Center with some hardcore moth-ers! It was pretty hot, but it wasn't too miserable. I'll work on these ID's a bit later -- just wanted to get them uploaded first! :)