#3389 · 🪲 beetles
Golden Ground Beetle
🇳🇱 Gouden schallebijter ·Carabus auratus
📍 6576 Ooij, Nederland
📍 Noorderklipweg, Werkendam, North Brabant, NL
📍 9934 CB Delfzijl, Netherlands
📍 Delfzijl, Groningen, Netherlands
📍 Nijmegen-Oost, Nijmegen, Nederland
📍 Beuningen, Pays-Bas
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Udo Schmidt · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. © Alain C. · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 3. © Dana Li · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © gbohne · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. 6576 Ooij, Nederland:© Lars Willighagen · CC BY 4.0
- 6. Noorderklipweg, Werkendam, North Brabant, NL:© Keith Minton · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. 9934 CB Delfzijl, Netherlands:© tattatta · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Delfzijl, Groningen, Netherlands:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Nijmegen-Oost, Nijmegen, Nederland:© Ties Kemme · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Beuningen, Pays-Bas:© Glenn Dubois · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Carabus auratus , the golden ground beetle , is a member of the family Carabidae, or ground beetles, native to central and western parts of Europe.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 37 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 3,386 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1761 (265 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Golden Ground Beetle
- Nederlands
- Gouden schallebijter
- scientific name
- Carabus auratus
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Carabidae
- sightings in NL
- 37
- sightings in Europe
- 2,917
- sightings worldwide
- 3,386
- GBIF records in NL
- 1,836
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1761
relatives· Carabidae
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Carabus granulatus
👀 142 in NL
#3243 📷 7Lesser Searcher Beetle
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Calosoma inquisitor
👀 137 in NL
#3252 📷 10Rough Violet Ground Beetle
🇳🇱 Blauwzwarte schallebijter
Carabus problematicus
👀 122 in NL
#3256 📷 10Bronze Ground Beetle
🇳🇱 Tuinschallebijter
Carabus nemoralis
👀 113 in NL
#3286 📷 10European Gazelle Beetle
🇳🇱 Gewone kortnek
Nebria brevicollis
👀 79 in NL
#3290 📷 10Strawberry Seed Beetle
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Harpalus rufipes
👀 77 in NL
#3338 📷 10Akkersnelloper
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👀 49 in NL
#3355 📷 10Gewone roodkruin
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👀 46 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 194792, Wikidata Q1535889, GBIF 1036779, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.