#3426 · 🪲 beetles
Great Blackclock
🇳🇱 Grote zwartschild ·Pterostichus niger
📍 7261 KS Ruurlo, Nederland
📍 9261 Eastermar, Netherlands
📍 Almere-Pampus, Almere, Nederland
📍 Netherlands
📍 Nordsee, Provinz Friesland, NL
📍 9261 Eastermar, Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Chris Moody · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Julien Bottinelli · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Piotr Lukasik · CC BY 4.0
- 5. 7261 KS Ruurlo, Nederland:© Benno te Linde · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. 9261 Eastermar, Netherlands:© Michael Bakker Paiva · CC BY 4.0
- 7. Almere-Pampus, Almere, Nederland:© Mr. Fizzy · CC BY 4.0
- 8. Netherlands:© Bo · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Nordsee, Provinz Friesland, NL:© Jaro Schacht · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 9261 Eastermar, Netherlands:© Michael Bakker Paiva · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
Pterostichus niger is a species of ground beetle native to Europe.
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 29 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 4,537 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johann Gottlieb Schaller in 1783 (243 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Great Blackclock
- Nederlands
- Grote zwartschild
- scientific name
- Pterostichus niger
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Carabidae
- sightings in NL
- 29
- sightings in Europe
- 2,871
- sightings worldwide
- 4,537
- GBIF records in NL
- 3,097
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1783 by Johann Gottlieb Schaller
relatives· Carabidae
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🇳🇱 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 131934, Wikidata Q1548696, GBIF 9314786, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.