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Category: Carabidae

Zacotus matthewsii

September 17, 2022 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

It’s really too bad that the common name listed for this carabid beetle in Pacific Northwest Insects does not appear…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Carabidae, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Species Profiles, Zacotus Filed under: Zacotus matthewsii

Pterostichus lama

December 14, 2021 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

This big carabid beetle taxa is probably the only Pterostichus I’ll ever be able to identify in the field, because…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Carabidae, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Pterostichus, Species Profiles Filed under: Pterostichus lama

Carabus nemoralis (European Ground Beetle)

October 19, 2021 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

I love flipping a log or rock and finding these large beetles in the family Carabidae (which are also sometimes…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Carabidae, Carabus, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Carabus nemoralis, European Ground Beetle

Nebria brevicollis (European Gazelle Beetle)

October 7, 2020 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

Nebria brevicollis was first found in the US, in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, in 2007. By 2010 it had more than…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Carabidae, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Nebria, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: European Gazelle Beetle, Nebria brevicollis

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