#3414 · 🪲 beetles
Leather Beetle
🇳🇱 Lederschallebijter ·Carabus coriaceus
📍 Neu-Moresnet, Kelmis, Belgium
📍 Friesland, NL
📍 6574 Ubbergen, Nederland
📍 Munstergeleen
📍 5764 De Rips, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Corinna Herr · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Corinna Herr · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Manuel Raab · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Corinna Herr · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Σάββας Ζαφειρίου (Savvas Zafeiriou) · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Neu-Moresnet, Kelmis, Belgium:© tg9535 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Friesland, NL:© Ties Kemme · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. 6574 Ubbergen, Nederland:© Simon Hazenberg · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Munstergeleen:© huibh · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 5764 De Rips, Nederland:© wendelmar · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Carabus coriaceus is a species of beetle widespread in Europe, where it is primarily found in deciduous forests and mixed forests.
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 31 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 15,837 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Leather Beetle
- Nederlands
- Lederschallebijter
- scientific name
- Carabus coriaceus
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Carabidae
- sightings in NL
- 31
- sightings in Europe
- 14,577
- sightings worldwide
- 15,837
- GBIF records in NL
- 2,458
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Carabidae
#3239 📷 10Granulated Ground Beetle
🇳🇱 Kettingschallebijter
Carabus granulatus
👀 142 in NL
#3243 📷 7Lesser Searcher Beetle
🇳🇱 Kleine poppenrover
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
🇳🇱 Roodpoothalmkruiper
Harpalus rufipes
👀 77 in NL
#3338 📷 10Akkersnelloper
Anchomenus dorsalis
👀 49 in NL
#3355 📷 10Gewone roodkruin
Anisodactylus binotatus
👀 46 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 360830, Wikidata Q541168, GBIF 4470451, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.