Golden ground beetle
Carabus auratus
Ground beetles
(Carabidae)
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Large shiny green gold coloured beetle, with a ribbed back shield. The red-brown legs, mouth and antennae up to the 4th segment are distinctive. Active at daytime, climbs in plants and trees, eats mushroom, carrion and the larvae of other beetles. At night it rests under a rock. ⇔ l. 17-30 mm LA: ≈ The CARABUS AURONITENS has only the first antennae segment brown red with the rest black. See photo LA.
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Shape
Colour
Leg
Back
Feeler
10-50 mm
Beetle
Six
Shielded
Very long
0 LookAlikes (LA):
Golden ground beetle
Gouden loopkever
Goldlaufkäfer
Carabe doré
Carabo dorato
Carabus auratus [L.]
Carabus auratus [L.]
Жужелица золотистая
Carabus auratus [L.]
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