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Gravel Ground Beetle

Carabus taedatus

414 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 67, February 50, March 78, April 123, May 177, June 193, July 207, August 178, September 130, October 97, November 53, December 42.
United States4,090
Canada2,579
Alaska1,395
Colorado1,213
Nunavut975
Manitoba898
British Columbia344
Wyoming309
Utah296
Alberta216

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

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