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| scientific name Carabus nemoralis Muller habitat Pronouncedly synanthropic, restricted to cultivated ground, even in parks & gardens in the cities. seasonality Adults have been collected in May to October. identification This species, in the subgenus Archicarabus, is a European introduction. Black or dark piceous, upper surface more or less cupreous or greenish bronze, sides of prothorax, and often elytra, usually violaceous. Elytron with three rows of foveae and on each interval with suggestion of five ridges, so irregular and confluent as to give a scaly appearance. Length 21 to 26 mm. life history Overwinters in the adult stage. conservation Common. diet info Both larvae and adults are predatory. range This species ranges across the northern half of United States and most of Canada (not recorded from Manitoba). In Alberta most of the specimens have been collected in the Edmonton area, and a single specimen from Cold Lake (central Alberta near Alberta-Saskatchewan border). quick link http://www.entomology.ualberta.ca/searching_species_details.php?s=1424
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margie (2009-09-05)
this beetle is damn hot. i love it in every way. Comments are published according to our submission guidelines. The EH Strickland Entomological Museum does not necessarily endorse the views expressed. |
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