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Wood Carabid

Carabus nemoralis

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7 Comments

Stian Waaler
Stian Waaler 11 years ago

That's okey Gordon, I did forget this one myself :P

Gordon Dietzman
Gordon Dietzman 11 years ago

Stian, Missed your comment from a month ago, but good job figuring it out to the two of you!

Stian Waaler
Stian Waaler 11 years ago

I think that too Gaia!

Gaia80
Gaia80 11 years ago

I think the last comment you made as a suggestion is the right one Stian, it looks very similar to Carabus nemoralis ;)

Stian Waaler
Stian Waaler 11 years ago

@Gordon - Could it be Copper and Purple Beetle - Carabus nemoralis

Stian Waaler
Stian Waaler 11 years ago

Thanks Gordon, I'll check it out ;)

Gordon Dietzman
Gordon Dietzman 11 years ago

In North America we have a purple-edged ground beetle or Woodland Ground Beetle (Carabus sylvosus). I don't know if they are circumpolar, but you may want to look at this as a starting place. See http://bugguide.net/node/view/236482/bgp... as an example. Note that the photographer on this page indicated that while his subject looks blue, it was really purple.

Stian Waaler
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Stian Waaler

Akershus, Norway

Spotted on Jul 1, 2012
Submitted on Jul 26, 2012

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