Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Carabus
- Chaetocarabus
- Carabus intricatus
Common name
Blue Ground Beetle
Images
Source: Roger Key
Source: John Walters
Source: Lech Borowiec
Description
Size: 25-35mm
Basic colour: Bright metallic blue.
Pronotoum: Elongate and almost flat.
Leg colour: Black, with blue metallic sheen.
Confusion species: Carabus problematicus
Basic colour: Bright metallic blue.
Pronotoum: Elongate and almost flat.
Leg colour: Black, with blue metallic sheen.
Confusion species: Carabus problematicus
Biology
Status: A relict population in extreme south-west Britain. Extremely local in Devon and Cornwall.
RDB Category: Endangered
UKBAP Species: Yes
Habitat: Mossy deciduous pasture woodlands in river valleys.
Other notes: Appendages longer than those of any other British Carabus.
RDB Category: Endangered
UKBAP Species: Yes
Habitat: Mossy deciduous pasture woodlands in river valleys.
Other notes: Appendages longer than those of any other British Carabus.
Articles
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(2013), Blue Ground Beetle Carabus intricatus Linnaeus (Carabidae) new to Glamorgan and Wales The Coleopterist 22(2):74
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(2008), The history of Carabus intricatus Linnaeus (Carabidae) in Britain prior to 1995 The Coleopterist 17(3):161
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(2007), A new Cornish site for Carabus intricatus Linnaeus (Carabidae) The Coleopterist 16(3):123