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Rough Violet Ground Beetle

Carabus problematicus

3,102 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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25 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 852, February 629, March 986, April 1,551, May 2,236, June 2,438, July 2,609, August 2,244, September 1,647, October 1,230, November 672, December 525.
United States17,618
Alaska17,618
United Kingdom743
England455
France358
Germany339
Scotland228
Nordrhein-Westfalen100
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes87
Denmark86

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 Rough Violet Ground Beetle with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.