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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 nemoralis
Copyright © 2006 Mardon Erbland

Carabus nemoralis
Logy Bay, Northeast Avalon, Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada
April 29, 2006
Size: 23 mm Body Length
I found this bug under a rock in our backyard about 10:00 AM local time this morning. Can anyone ID it?

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Contributed by Mardon Erbland on 29 April, 2006 - 10:46am
Last updated 29 April, 2006 - 6:17pm

Carabus nemoralis?
I'm thinking that this might be a Carabus nemoralis.
… David Schlachter, 29 April, 2006 - 1:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Carabus (Archicarabus) nemoralis
Thanks to both David and Stephen for the ID. After reading both your comments, I went to the Canadian government's "Ground Beetle" page (http://www.cbif.gc.ca/spp_pages/carabids/phps/image1_e.php) and verified that Carabus (Archicarabus) nemoralis is resident here in Newfoundland and matches my specimen.
… Mardon Erbland, 29 April, 2006 - 4:41pm login or register to post comments

A Beauty
A beauty! Okay, I'll get the ball rolling by identifying it as a member of the Carabidae. While the shape of the elytra may be a little atypical of Carabids, quite a few Carabids have the black coloration with purplish sheen, and this sort of regularly and widely spaced punctation on the elytra.

From there? Well how about tribe Carabini, perhaps genus Carabus. Here's a Carabus nemoralis photo by Tony:



--Stephen

Stephen Cresswell
Buckhannon, WV
www.stephencresswell.com
… Stephen_WV, 29 April, 2006 - 11:00am login or register to post comments

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