Blue ground beetle
The blue ground beetle is a big beetle that shines purple and blue like metal. Its wing cases are bumpy and rough. It hunts at night in damp, mossy woods.
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Fun facts
It cannot fly, because its back wings are too small.
In Britain people thought it had died out, but in 1994 it was found again near Dartmoor.
In tests it also liked liver, dog food and crab sticks.
It hides under bark on dead wood and under rocks during the day.
The grown-up beetles can live for a long time.
Most asked questions about Blue ground beetle
?What does the blue ground beetle eat?
Mostly slugs, which it hunts at night.
?How big is the blue ground beetle?
It is big for a beetle, about 2.5 to 3.5 centimetres long.
?Is the blue ground beetle rare?
Yes, in Britain it is very rare and lives in only a few places.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Carabus intricatus
- Named by
- Linnaeus, 1761
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Carabidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Carabidae
- Lives on
- Europe
Where the facts come from
- Carabus intricatus (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by URSchmidt. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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