Necklace ground beetle
Carabus monilis
The necklace ground beetle is a ground beetle that lives only in Europe. Ground beetles are fast runners that hurry around on the ground looking for food.
Lives in
Western and central Europe, from Spain and Italy up to Norway
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It may nip with its jaws if you grab it, so it is best to just watch it run.
What does it eat?
Like its ground beetle cousins, it hunts small creatures on the ground.
How fast is it?
A tortoise about 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)
Necklace ground 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 lives only in Europe and nowhere else in the world.
2
It has been found in many countries, from Spain and Italy all the way up to Norway.
3
It also lives on islands such as Great Britain, the Isle of Man and Ireland.
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Most asked questions about Necklace ground beetle
?Where does the necklace ground beetle live?
Only in Europe, in countries such as France, Germany, Great Britain and Norway.
?Is the necklace ground beetle dangerous?
No. It may nip if grabbed, but it is harmless.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Carabus monilis
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Carabidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Carabidae
- Lives on
- Europe
Where the facts come from
- Carabus monilis (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 ruebezahl. CC0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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