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Species Details
Carabus nemoralis
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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/2-1424/9-927. Accessed 15 Jan. 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.
UASM916 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Collected ByHudson, J. E.
Date Collected1971-10-01
UASM917 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Collected ByHocking, Linnet A.
Date Collected1954-10-01
UASM918 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Collected ByShpeley, D.
Date Collected1976-07-05
UASM919 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Date Collected1972-05-10
UASM920 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Collected ByMason, W.
Date Collected1948-05-26/1948-05-29
UASM921 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Date Collected1961-06-20
UASM922 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Date Collected1961-06-20
UASM923 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Collected ByMason, W.
Date Collected1948-05-26/1948-05-29
UASM924 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Collected ByPollock, D. A.; Reichert, L. A.
Date Collected1990-05-20
UASM925 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Collected ByPollock, D. A.; Reichert, L. A.
Date Collected1990-05-20
UASM926 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Collected ByPollock, D. A.; Reichert, L. A.
Date Collected1990-05-20
UASM1761 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, George Lake
Collected ByU of A ENT Dept.
Date Collected1967-06-02
UASM1762 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Opal
Collected BySpanton, T. G.
Date Collected1986-08-08/1986-08-23
UASM1763 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Cold Lake
Collected ByBall, G. E.
Date Collected1977-06-11
UASM1797 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Collected BySpanton, T. G.
Date Collected1986-05-07/1986-05-10
UASM1798 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Collected BySpanton, T. G.
Date Collected1986-05-07/1986-05-10
UASM1799 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Collected BySpanton, T. G.
Date Collected1986-05-07/1986-05-10
UASM1800 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Collected BySpanton, T. G.
Date Collected1986-05-11/1986-05-13
UASM1801 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Collected BySpanton, T. G.
Date Collected1986-05-11/1986-05-13
UASM1802 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Collected BySpanton, T. G.
Date Collected1986-05-11/1986-05-13
UASM1803 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Collected BySpanton, T. G.
Date Collected1986-05-11/1986-05-13