Copper greenclock beetle
Poecilus cupreus
The copper greenclock is a ground beetle that lives across Europe. It spends its life down on the ground, running about on six quick legs. Its family is called ground beetles for that reason.
Lives in
Across Europe and into Asia
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It may give a tiny nip if you squeeze it, so just watch it run.
What does it eat?
Like most ground beetles, it hunts small creatures it finds on the ground.
How fast is it?
A tortoise about 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)
Copper greenclock beetle about 1.2 km/h (0.75 mph)
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It was named in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus, a famous Swedish scientist who named thousands of plants and animals.
2
There are four slightly different kinds of it, called subspecies.
3
It is widespread all over Europe.
you asked
Most asked questions about Copper greenclock beetle
?Where does the copper greenclock live?
All over Europe and further east into Asia.
?Is the copper greenclock dangerous?
No. It is harmless to people.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Poecilus cupreus
- Named by
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Carabidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Carabidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Poecilus cupreus (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 James K. Lindsey. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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