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European Ground Beetle

Carabus nemoralis

Description:

Very large beetle found in leaf litter.

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago
European Ground Beetle
Carabus nemoralis Searcher Beetle - Carabus nemoralis - BugGuide.Net


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2 Comments

doreen.chambers.14
doreen.chambers.14 9 years ago

Thanks.

bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago

Carabidae, Carabinae, Carabini, Carabus sp. and looks like being Carabus nemoralis. Please, verify! There are tons of simialr ones around. Check size (18-22 mm or bugguide has it 22-25 mm!) and the purple color on the pronotum and maybe at the margin of the body, depending on the light or light angulation.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:...
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hainlaufkä...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carabus_ne...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/844813/bgi...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/59009/bgpa...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/736734/bgp...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/13702

Vermont, USA

Spotted on May 10, 2014
Submitted on May 10, 2014

Spotted for Mission

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