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Violet ground beetle

Carabus violaceus

5,790 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 758, February 560, March 877, April 1,380, May 1,990, June 2,170, July 2,322, August 1,997, September 1,466, October 1,094, November 598, December 467.
United States15,684
Alaska15,682
United Kingdom1,205
England998
Germany345
Poland281
Czechia280
Denmark223
Scotland148
Ukraine135

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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