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Smooth ground beetle

Carabus glabratus

926Records since 2000
JunePeak month
24Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb0
Mar1
Apr26
May118
Jun526
Jul124
Aug94
Sep22
Oct1
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland620
2Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland77
3Aberdeenshire Scotland68
4Argyll and Bute Scotland34
5Perth and Kinross Scotland17
6Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland14
7Cumbria England12
8Moray Scotland11
9Stirling Scotland9
10Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland6
11Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland6
12Mid Ulster Northern Ireland5
13Dumfries and Galloway Scotland4
14North Yorkshire England3
15South Ayrshire Scotland3
28 England861 Scotland4 Wales25 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 24 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
926
Peak month
June
Counties with records
24
Scientific name
Carabus glabratus
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
849
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Carabidae
Genus
Carabus
Name with authority
Carabus glabratus Paykull, 1790
Described
1790
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1529891 · GBIF 4471113