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Leather Beetle
Carabus coriaceus
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Bronze Ground BeetleCarabus nemoralis
Carabus graecus
Snail HunterCychrus caraboides
smooth ground beetleCarabus glabratus
Violet ground beetleCarabus violaceus
Rough Violet Ground BeetleCarabus problematicus
Carabus hortensis
Carabus purpurascens
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 10,647 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 10,647 |
| Germany | 1,707 |
| Austria | 968 |
| Denmark | 804 |
| France | 553 |
| Italy | 545 |
| Czechia | 498 |
| Russia | 412 |
| Poland | 403 |
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
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Insects · Insecta |
| Order | Beetles · Coleoptera |
| Family | Ground Beetles · Carabidae |
| Genus | Worm and Slug Hunters · Carabus |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Leather Beetle with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.