Spotting

identificatio problematica est... ;-)

I would say it is the carabus problematicus, i have some other pics with the carabus sp.

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Looking at both species: There are almost identical, there are some with blue and violet, some with or without this special body texture and this in both species! That's why I didn't delete my Carabus sp. ;-)... I am really not sure, the only thing I am sure: It is a Carabus and it is not Convexus. If it is not easy to separate these 2, I am wondering about the trustworthiness of all the IDs on the net!

Grandiosas series

Or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carabus_vio... ?

Didn't find a common English name.

Carabus sp., but the rest is tricky. Is it really Carabus convexus?? Or Carabus problematicus. I tend to Problematicus:
http://www.koleopterologie.de/gallery/FH...

Beautiful! Love the purple and blue.