#3256 · 🪲 beetles

Bronze Ground Beetle

🇳🇱 Tuinschallebijter ·Carabus nemoralis

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Jürgen Mangelsdorf · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
3. © nutzl0s · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © oldbilluk · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © Jürgen Mangelsdorf · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. © michi1 · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Assen, Nederland:© Gerben ter Haar · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Castricum, Nederland:© 05gi02el03 · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 9261 Eastermar, Netherlands:© Michael Bakker Paiva · CC BY 4.0
10. 1771 Wieringerwerf, Nederland:© 05gi02el03 · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Carabus nemoralis (commonly called the "Bronze Carabid") is a ground beetle common in central and northern Europe, as well as Iceland and Canada. While native to Europe, it has been introduced to and is expanding its range throughout North America.

base stats

NL sightings 113iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 24,152iNaturalist 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).