#3239 · 🪲 beetles

Granulated Ground Beetle

🇳🇱 Kettingschallebijter ·Carabus granulatus

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Michał Górski · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © sharoncooper · CC BY 4.0
3. © Gleb Korovko · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Michał Górski · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Theodore · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. © Thorsten Usée · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 7707 PK Balkbrug, Nederland:© no rights reserved · CC0
8. Leidschendam, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 6562 KR Groesbeek, Nederland:© Chris van Swaay · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Voorschoten, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Carabus granulatus is a species of beetle. It is widespread in Europe and Asia and has been introduced to North America. It lives in fields, prairies and in forests.

base stats

NL sightings 142iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 10,221iNaturalist observations

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).