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Carabus beetle

Carabus glabratus

Photo by The MnMs
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Field Notes

Description:

Large, (23-30mm) dull metallic black, ground beetle with blue flashes along the margins of the prontotum and elytra. Faintly metallic all-blue specimens occur occasionally. Lives among heather and litter on well-vegetated upland peat, particularly on raised bogs.

Habitat:

Woodlands.

Reference Links:

Carabus glabratus, Carabus glabratus :: Ground Beetles of Ireland ::

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (5)
The MnMs
But I got also one another spotting of an (helas) deceased beetle being eaten by a fly and this seems to be the bloody nosed. I will place it later, Debbie :-)
The MnMs
Debbie, I think in the end it may rather be a Carabus species. The bloody nosed looks more rounded than the one I saw. But thanks for the IDing effort :-)
The MnMs
Thanks for the ID, Debbie! I will add it now ;-)

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Biodiversity of Scotland
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PublishedAugust 4, 2013

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