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Ground Beetle -
Schallebijter
-
Carabus caelatus

Image ID:
857
Date: 
25/07/2012
Location: 
Plitvice National Park,
Croatia
Description: 

Carabus caelatus is one of the bigger European ground beetles. They can measure up to almost 50 mm and they are very spectacularly deep blue coloured over their entire elytra. It's distribution reaches form the southern mountains of Slovenia over Croatia and Bosnia till Montenegro.
The individual on this photograph is a male. Generally the males are deeper and darker blue, while the female have a more greenish-blue or paler blue colour.

Keywords: 
Beetle |
kever |
loopkever |
ground beetle |
carabus |
carabus caelatus |
schallebijter |
schalenbijter |
bos |
woud |
oud bos |
forest |
old forest |
ancient forest |
ancient woods |
woods |
bergsoort |
mid montane |
submontane |
dinaric alps |
stenotoop |
stenotopic |
brachypteer |
brachypteric |
endemic |
restricted range |
beperkte verspreiding |
large |
very large
Category: 
Ground Beetles |
Carabini |
Places |
Europe |
Croatia |
Plitvice
Image type: 
Digital
Link to image:
http://www.bernardvanelegem.com/image/ground-beetle-87

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