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necklace ground beetle

Carabus monilis

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) cockerspaniel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 62, February 46, March 72, April 113, May 162, June 177, July 190, August 163, September 120, October 89, November 49, December 38.
United States1,280
Alaska1,280
France160
Switzerland102
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes82
Germany79
United Kingdom56
England54
Baden-Württemberg40
Aargau32

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 necklace ground beetle with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.