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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.

Read More + 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).

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