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Carabus monilis

Taxonomy

  • Adephaga
  • Carabidae
  • Carabus
  • Morphocarabus
  • Carabus monilis
Common name
Necklace Ground Beetle

Description

Size: 22-26mm
Basic colour: Coppery or greenish metallic.
Pronotoum: Wide, sides contracted basally with side borders and hind angles clearly raised almost to level of disc.
Confusion species: Carabus violaceus

UK BAP priority species account Carabus monilis.

Biology

Status: Widespread but scarce. No post-1900 records from Ireland.
UKBAP Species: Yes
Habitat: Cultivated, grasslands and scrub.
Other notes: Elytra elongate, with rows of low granules, separated by three regular and equal-sized ridges.

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Carabus intricatus

Taxonomy

  • Adephaga
  • Carabidae
  • Carabus
  • Chaetocarabus
  • Carabus intricatus
Common name
Blue Ground Beetle

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

UK Priority Species data collation Carabus intricatus. 

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.

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Carabus glabratus

Taxonomy

  • Adephaga
  • Carabidae
  • Carabus
  • Oreocarabus
  • Carabus glabratus

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Carabus arvensis subsp. sylvaticus

Taxonomy

  • Adephaga
  • Carabidae
  • Carabus
  • Eucarabus
  • Carabus arvensis
  • Carabus arvensis subsp. sylvaticus

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Carabus arvensis

Taxonomy

  • Adephaga
  • Carabidae
  • Carabus
  • Eucarabus
  • Carabus arvensis

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Carabus clatratus

Taxonomy

  • Adephaga
  • Carabidae
  • Carabus
  • Limnocarabus
  • Carabus clatratus

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Carabus auratus

Taxonomy

  • Adephaga
  • Carabidae
  • Carabus
  • Tachypus
  • Carabus auratus

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Calosoma sycophanta

Taxonomy

  • Adephaga
  • Carabidae
  • Calosoma
  • Calosoma sycophanta

Description

Size: 24-30mm
Basic colour: Metallic blue, golden-green.
Pattern colour: Head and pronotum bluish metallic, elytra bright golden-green with coppery reflection.
Pronotoum: With raised borders throughout.

Biology

Status: Occasional immigrant found in the southern half of England.
Habitat: Deciduous and coniferous forests

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Calosoma inquisitor

UKBAP Species
Yes
Size
16-22mm
Basic colour
Dark metallic bronze with green or purple reflections.
Pattern colour
Green or purple reflections especially strong beneath and at the edges of the elytra and pronotum.
Leg colour
Black.
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