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. Accessed 01 May. 2024.
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 180 specimens of this Species.
UASM152329 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedUnited States: New York, Wayne county
Collected ByBall, G. E.
Date Collected1947-09-10
UASM152330 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedUnited States: New York, Tompkins county, Ithaca
Collected ByBall, G. E.
Date Collected1948-04-19
UASM152331 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedUnited States: Virginia, Falls Church Indep. City, Falls Church
Collected ByMcFadden, M. W.
Date Collected1962-06-05
UASM152332 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedUnited States: Virginia, Falls Church Indep. City, Falls Church
Collected ByMcFadden, M. W.
Date Collected1962-06-05
UASM152333 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: British Columbia, Castlegar
Collected ByAskevold, I.
Date Collected1978-04-15
UASM152334 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Ontario, Ottawa
Collected ByPollock, D. A.
Date Collected1986-05-01
UASM152335 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Ontario, Ottawa
Collected ByPollock, D. A.
Date Collected1986-05-01
UASM152336 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Quebec, Jonquiere
Collected ByAskevold, I.
Date Collected1982-05-26
UASM152440 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedUnited States: Virginia, Falls Church Indep. City, Falls Church
Collected ByMcFadden, M. W.
Date Collected1962-06-05
UASM152441 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: British Columbia, Vancouver Island, Sproat Lake
Collected ByBall, K. E.
Date Collected1965-04-22
UASM152442 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: British Columbia, Vancouver Island, Sproat Lake
Collected ByBall, K. E.
Date Collected1965-04-22
UASM152443 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: British Columbia, Vancouver Island, Sidney
Collected ByBall, K.; Ball, D.
Date Collected1965-04-22
UASM152444 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Ontario, Gloucester
Collected ByBaker, G.
Date Collected1977-06
UASM152445 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Ontario, Gloucester
Collected ByBaker, G.
Date Collected1977-06
UASM152446 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: British Columbia, Vancouver Island, Nanoose Bay
Collected ByGoulet, H.; Wilkie, M.
Date Collected1970-03-07
UASM152447 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: British Columbia, Vancouver Island, Nanoose Bay
Collected ByGoulet, H.; Wilkie, M.
Date Collected1970-03-07
UASM152448 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: British Columbia, Vancouver Island, Nanoose Bay
Collected ByGoulet, H.
Date Collected1970-03-13
UASM152449 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedEngland: Oxfordshire, Wallingford
Collected ByWilkie, M. S.
Date Collected1905-05-23
UASM152450 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Quebec, Rigaud
Collected ByGoulet, H.
Date Collected1966-05-11
UASM152451 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Ontario, Ottawa
Collected ByCooley, W. M.
Date Collected1979-04-30
UASM152452 - Carabus nemoralis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Quebec, Rigaud
Collected ByGoulet, H.
Date Collected1966-05-11