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moorland ground beetle

Carabus arvensis

1,040 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 156, February 116, March 181, April 285, May 411, June 448, July 479, August 412, September 303, October 226, November 123, December 96.
United States3,237
Alaska3,236
Austria127
United Kingdom114
Steiermark85
Russia71
England69
Germany67
Poland55
Lithuania36

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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