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Species Details
Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum Read more about this collection »
SeasonalityAdults have been collected in May to October.
IdentificationThis species, in the subgenus Archicarabus, is a European introduction. Black or dark piceous, upper surface more or less cupreous or greenish bronze, sides of prothorax, and often elytra, usually violaceous. Elytron with three rows of foveae and on each interval with suggestion of five ridges, so irregular and confluent as to give a scaly appearance. Length 21 to 26 mm.
Scientific Name
Carabus nemoralis
Habitat
Pronouncedly synanthropic, restricted to cultivated ground, even in parks & gardens in the cities.
Seasonality
Adults have been collected in May to October.
Identification
This species, in the subgenus Archicarabus, is a European introduction. Black or dark piceous, upper surface more or less cupreous or greenish bronze, sides of prothorax, and often elytra, usually violaceous. Elytron…
This species, in the subgenus Archicarabus, is a European introduction. Black or dark piceous, upper surface more or less cupreous or greenish bronze, sides of prothorax, and often elytra, usually violaceous. Elytron with three rows of foveae and on each interval with suggestion of five ridges, so irregular and confluent as to give a scaly appearance. Length 21 to 26 mm.
Life History
Overwinters in the adult stage.
Conservation
Common.
Diet Info
Both larvae and adults are predatory.
Range
This species ranges across the northern half of United States and most of Canada (not recorded from Manitoba). In Alberta most of the specimens have been collected in the Edmonton area, and a single specimen from Cold…
This species ranges across the northern half of United States and most of Canada (not recorded from Manitoba). In Alberta most of the specimens have been collected in the Edmonton area, and a single specimen from Cold Lake (central Alberta near Alberta-Saskatchewan border).
Citation
Page Citation for Carabus nemoralis
Page Citation
"Species Details - Carabus nemoralis, University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-1424/9-199019. Accessed 06 Feb. 2025.
References
Author
Bousquet, Yves and Andre Larochelle
Title
Catalogue of the Geadephaga (Coleoptera: Trachypachidae, Rhysodidae, Carabidae Including Cicindelini) of America North of Mexico
Publication Date
1993
Series Title
Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada
Pages
1-397
Author
Lindroth, Carl H.
Title
The Ground-beetles of Canada and Alaska. Part 2.
Publication Date
1961
Series Title
Opuscula Entomologica
Volume
20
Pages
1-200
Specimen Information
There are 186 specimens of this Species.
UASM362165 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Collected ByBorkent, A.
Date Collected1970-05-28
UASM362166 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Collected ByBorkent, A.
Date Collected1970-05-28
UASM362167 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Collected ByBorkent, A.
Date Collected1970-05-28
UASM362168 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Collected ByBorkent, A.
Date Collected1970-05-28
UASM362169 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Collected ByBorkent, A.
Date Collected1970-05-28
UASM362170 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Collected ByBorkent, A.
Date Collected1967-05-31
UASM362171 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Collected ByBorkent, A.
Date Collected1968-05-17
UASM362172 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Collected ByBorkent, A.
Date Collected1967-06-20
UASM362173 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Collected ByBorkent, A.
Date Collected1968-05-26
UASM362174 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Collected ByBorkent, A.
Date Collected1968-05-26
UASM362175 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Collected ByBorkent, A.
Date Collected1968-05-26
UASM362176 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Collected ByBorkent, A.
Date Collected1967-09-16
UASM362177 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Collected ByBorkent, A.
Date Collected1967-08-16
UASM362178 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Collected ByBorkent, A.
Date Collected1966-08-16
UASM362179 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Collected ByBorkent, A.
Date Collected1968-05-28
UASM362180 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Collected ByBorkent, A.
Date Collected1966-05-19
UASM362181 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Collected ByBorkent, A.
Date Collected1970-05-28
UASM362326 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Collected ByStewart, S.
Date Collected1957-09-29
UASM351350 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedUnited States: New York, New York county, New York City
Date Collected1909-04-16
UASM351351 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: New Brunswick, Saint John
Collected ByRiker, C. B.
Date Collected1890
UASM351352 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Ontario, Toronto
Collected ByBigelow, N. K.
Date Collected1921-05-07