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European ground beetle

Carabus nemoralis

1,077Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
69Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan15
Feb52
Mar145
Apr203
May170
Jun91
Jul99
Aug103
Sep38
Oct52
Nov21
Dec11

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Surrey England85
2Norfolk England71
3Highland Scotland63
4Lincolnshire England59
5Essex England34
6North Yorkshire England33
7Suffolk England24
8Cumbria England23
9Devon England22
10Nottinghamshire England20
11Northamptonshire England17
12Cambridgeshire England16
13North Lincolnshire England15
14Oxfordshire England13
15Dorset England13
883 England176 Scotland8 Wales9 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 69 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,077
Peak month
April
Counties with records
69
Scientific name
Carabus nemoralis
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,001
Most recorded in
Surrey, Norfolk, Highland, Lincolnshire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Carabidae
Genus
Carabus
Name with authority
Carabus nemoralis O.F.Müller, 1764
Described
1764
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q777298 · GBIF 8056040