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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Carabinae » Carabini » Carabus » subgenus Carabus (Carabus subgenus Carabus) » Granulated Carabid (Carabus granulatus)
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Ground Beetle - Carabus granulatus
Copyright © 2020 David Israel

Ground Beetle - Carabus granulatus
Zipple Bay State Park, Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota, USA
July 19, 2014
It's been six years since I photographed this one, so I don't remember the size, but this is an uncropped image on my APS-C sized sensor, taken at something near lifesize. Also, the RAW image shows a much darker image, not quite black, which I think is probably more accurate. I lightened the image to show the details: otherwise the image would be little more than a silhouette.

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Contributed by David Israel on 5 May, 2020 - 10:17pm
Last updated 22 February, 2021 - 2:04pm

Moved
Moved from Carabus.
… v belov, 22 February, 2021 - 2:04pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Tyler Hedlund, 6 May, 2020 - 8:06am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thank you for the ID. I have been looking at the various Carabus species, and I think that this one is either granulatus or maeander, but I don't see any good way to distinguish between the two. Do you have any suggestions on how to tell?
… David Israel, 6 May, 2020 - 12:14pm login or register to post comments

 
Tough call
They're very similar, but I think I lean towards C. granulatus because the pronotum on yours seems a little shorter and wider, but it's at an angle in your photo and I'm not an expert on the group.
… Tyler Hedlund, 6 May, 2020 - 2:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thank you. So the deciding factor is the shape of the pronotum. I haven't been able to find any information on how to tell them apart. Unfortunately I have no other photos that might show that better.
… David Israel, 6 May, 2020 - 3:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Maybe
I couldn't find anything concrete either, I was just comparing lots of photos and that was something that stood out to me.
… Tyler Hedlund, 6 May, 2020 - 3:23pm login or register to post comments

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