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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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European Ground Beetle - Carabus nemoralis
Copyright © 2009 Dana Kenneth Johnson

European Ground Beetle - Carabus nemoralis
Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon, USA
July 24, 2009
Size: 1"
This beetle was found in a small rock garden near the house. Like similar beetles of its size, it raises it abdomen when threatened. I thought the the shield-shaped thorax was quite distinctive and scarab-like.
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Contributed by Dana Kenneth Johnson on 14 November, 2009 - 6:55pm
Last updated 16 November, 2009 - 8:35am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Andrew Williams, 14 November, 2009 - 9:45pm login or register to post comments

Carabus , maybe Carabus nemoralis
European Ground Beetle
I think yours looks purplish, or was it more blue?

… Andrew Williams, 14 November, 2009 - 8:31pm login or register to post comments

 
European Ground Beetle
Different lighting explains difference in coloration. Your idenfication appears to be accurate. Thanks.
… Dana Kenneth Johnson, 16 November, 2009 - 8:33am login or register to post comments

 
yup, nemoralis
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… v belov, 14 November, 2009 - 9:40pm login or register to post comments

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