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smooth ground beetle

Carabus glabratus

3,096 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 294, February 217, March 340, April 536, May 772, June 842, July 901, August 775, September 569, October 425, November 232, December 181.
United States6,085
Alaska6,085
United Kingdom283
Russia261
Scotland257
Poland194
Ukraine185
Finland152
Austria148
Germany145

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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