#3475 · 🪲 beetles

Violet ground beetle

🇳🇱 Violette schallebijter ·Carabus violaceus

🪲 Beetles 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Richard · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Corinna Herr · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Corinna Herr · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © nutzl0s · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Udo Schmidt · CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Penybanc, Tanerdy, Carmarthen SA31 2HD, UK:© no rights reserved · CC0
7. Бобровицкая, Черниговская область, UA:© Игорь Иерусалимец · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Derbyshire, UK:© Ian M. White · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Passo Raticosa La Martina, Toscana, ITA:© Tobias Seifert · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Gullmarsberg, Uddevalla, Västra Götaland, SE:© Ulf Teghammar · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Carabus violaceus , sometimes called the violet ground beetle , or the rain beetle is a nocturnal species of a beetle, from a family Carabidae.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,770iNaturalist 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

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
5,770 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).