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Granulated Ground Beetle

Carabus granulatus

10,256 observations in the source records

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28 photos

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 1,006, February 743, March 1,164, April 1,831, May 2,640, June 2,878, July 3,080, August 2,649, September 1,945, October 1,452, November 793, December 620.
United States21,320
Alaska20,800
Canada2,528
Russia1,060
Germany829
Ontario675
Quebec489
Austria470
British Columbia438
Denmark382

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderBeetles · Coleoptera
FamilyGround Beetles · Carabidae
GenusWorm and Slug Hunters · Carabus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Granulated Ground Beetle with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.