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Blue Ground Beetle

Carabus intricatus

5,994 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 Austria.January 59, February 60, March 117, April 290, May 251, June 173, July 82, August 51, September 38, October 59, November 34, December 38.
Austria1,252
Steiermark617
Germany513
United States484
Alaska484
Czechia468
France457
Niederösterreich247
Italy217
Baden-Württemberg183

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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