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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Carabinae » Carabini » Carabus » European Ground Beetle (Carabus nemoralis)
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Carabus sp. - Carabus nemoralis
Copyright © 2007 Dany Brown

Carabus sp. - Carabus nemoralis
Québec city, Quebec, Canada
Size: about 3 cm
Big carabidae, likely in the genus Carabus, what do you thik of Carabus teadatus?
There is a distinctive purple hue on the pronotum marginal edge...
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Contributed by Dany Brown on 6 July, 2007 - 11:28pm
Last updated 19 February, 2008 - 7:31pm

Carabus nemoralis
Compare.
… Jim McClarin, 8 July, 2007 - 10:00am login or register to post comments

 
If i understand
Thank you for the comment, i think that the beast fit.
So, if i did undestood what was written there, the purple/blue hue on the pronotum would point at it as being a female?
… Dany Brown, 8 July, 2007 - 6:50pm login or register to post comments

 
No, female has all-blue highlights.
The purple is a male characteristic in my experience.
… Jim McClarin, 8 July, 2007 - 9:52pm login or register to post comments

 
male vs female
The way to sex Carabus is to look at the front tarsi.

Female
http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~mbe/carabus/taxonomybrowse.php?spid=427

Male
http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~mbe/carabus/taxonomybrowse.php?spid=426

Note how the males front tarsi are expanded. This is to allow him to grip the female better
… matthew_ellis24, 20 November, 2007 - 3:58am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Matthew.
Neat Website, carabusonline. I've bookmarked it. This appears to be a female then.
… Jim McClarin, 20 November, 2007 - 5:27am login or register to post comments

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