Bronze Ground Beetle (lat. Carabus nemoralis)

Bronze Ground Beetle
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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.

Defensive adaptations

It is known that some Carabus nemoralis populations will regurgitate foul-smelling brownish-red liquid as a defense mechanism.

Reproduction

Carabus nemoralis typically has one breeding period in the spring with eggs hatching in autumn of the same year. )

Subspecies

Carabus nemoralis nemoralis (Ireland, Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, former Yugoslavia, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, New Zealand, Canada, Russia) Carabus nemoralis lamadridae Born, 1895 (Spain) Carabus nemoralis prasinotinctus Heyden, 1880 (France , Spain)

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Arthropods Insects Beetles Ground Beetles Bronze Ground Beetle Common Sun Beetle
Arthropods Insects Beetles Ground Beetles Bronze Ground Beetle Common Sun Beetle

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Bronze Ground Beetle

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.