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Blue Ground Beetle

Carabus intricatus

259Records since 2000
MayPeak month
2Counties with records
Near ThreatenedIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan13
Feb14
Mar9
Apr21
May78
Jun61
Jul12
Aug1
Sep5
Oct7
Nov18
Dec18

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England211
2Cornwall England23
237 England21 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 2 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
259
Peak month
May
Counties with records
2
IUCN Red List
Near Threatened
Scientific name
Carabus intricatus
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
253
Most recorded in
Devon
Conservation designations
Global Red List (JNCC), Biodiversity List – England, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Rare and scarce species, UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Carabidae
Genus
Carabus
Name with authority
Carabus intricatus Linnaeus, 1760
Described
1760

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1265900 · GBIF 4471016