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Great Blackclock

Pterostichus niger

4,554 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 1,479, February 1,092, March 1,711, April 2,692, May 3,881, June 4,232, July 4,529, August 3,895, September 2,859, October 2,134, November 1,166, December 912.
United States30,582
Alaska30,582
United Kingdom375
Russia315
Germany301
Denmark257
England236
Poland127
Finland110
Scotland108

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
GenusBlackclock Ground Beetles · Pterostichus

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