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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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Large Black Beetle in north central Massachusetts - Carabus nemoralis
Copyright © 2011 Daniel

Large Black Beetle in north central Massachusetts - Carabus nemoralis
Ashby, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
July 15, 2011
Size: 2"
This fellow jumped out at me (in the figurative sense) because of his size and dark color against the light grass. At first I thought he was eating a flower stalk but when I looked at my images, I saw that he was grasping a worm. Thank you for any ID you can provide.
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Contributed by Daniel on 17 July, 2011 - 2:49pm
Last updated 1 February, 2025 - 4:40pm

Middlesex County
I am fairly sure this is meant to be Middlesex County, for Ashby, MA, so I updated that. If there is another Ashby not in MA in a Sussex County then please update.

Really cool shot!!
… Jennifer Forman Orth, 1 February, 2025 - 4:40pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Carabus.
… v belov, 23 January, 2012 - 3:19pm login or register to post comments

European Ground Beetle?
This must be C. nemoralis. I've gotten several in pitfalls this summer and can say pretty confidently that this is nemoralis.
… Anthony Rodgers, 3 October, 2011 - 3:39pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Brad Barnd, 17 July, 2011 - 3:32pm login or register to post comments

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