#3252 · 🪲 beetles

Rough Violet Ground Beetle

🇳🇱 Blauwzwarte schallebijter ·Carabus problematicus

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Udo Schmidt · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © Ralph Martin · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © grunamanda · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Dr. Guido Bohne · CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Otterlo, Gelderland, NL:© Siebe Ritsema van Eck · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Manpadslaan, Vogelenzang, Noord-Holland, NL:© robuijs · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Bloemendaal, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
8. Rozendaal, Nederland:© 05gi02el03 · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 6721 Bennekom, Nederland:© bee707 · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Tilburg, NL-NB, NL:© Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Carabus problematicus is a species of beetle endemic to Europe, where it is observed in Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Great Britain, the Czech Republic, mainland Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finland, mainland France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, mainland Italy, Latvia (doubtful), Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, mainland Norway, Poland, Romania, northern and northwestern Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, mainland Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the Netherlands.

base stats

NL sightings 122iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,083iNaturalist 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).

fun facts

Spotted 122 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
3,083 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst in 1786 (240 years ago).