Smooth ground beetle

Carabus glabratus · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Carabidae

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Smooth ground beetle
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The smooth ground beetle, Carabus glabratus, is a species of beetle. It lives in boreo-arctic montane areas across central and northern Europe, reaching up to the Arctic Circle.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Carabus glabratus is a beetle species.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It inhabits boreo-arctic montane regions in central and northern Europe, extending north to the Arctic Circle.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its range covers central and northern Europe, up to the Arctic Circle.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Smooth ground beetle photo 2
Photo: Paolo Zucca, CC BY
Smooth ground beetle photo 3
Photo: Viktor Strenada, CC BY
Smooth ground beetle photo 4
Photo: Andrew Melton, CC BY
Smooth ground beetle photo 5
Photo: xulescu_g, CC BY-SA

Same family (Carabidae)

Six-spotted Tiger BeetleSix-spotted Tiger BeetleCicindela sexguttataHarmlessBronze Ground BeetleBronze Ground BeetleCarabus nemoralisGreen Tiger BeetleGreen Tiger BeetleCicindela campestrisBig-headed Ground BeetleBig-headed Ground BeetleScarites subterraneusStrawberry Seed BeetleStrawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipesDamages trees, gardens or cropsBronzed Tiger BeetleBronzed Tiger BeetleCicindela repanda

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carabus_glabratus

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