Carabus hortensis Linnaeus, 1758 is a animal in the Carabidae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Carabus hortensis Linnaeus, 1758

Carabus hortensis Linnaeus, 1758

Carabus hortensis, the garden ground beetle, is a widespread Oreocarabus beetle found mostly in Europe and the Middle East.

Family
Genus
Carabus
Order
Coleoptera
Class
Insecta

About Carabus hortensis Linnaeus, 1758

Carabus hortensis, commonly known as the garden ground beetle, is a beetle species classified under the subgenus Oreocarabus. This species is distributed across most of Europe, though it is much rarer in Europe's extreme southwest. It is common in the Middle East.

Photo: (c) Roman Burgsteiner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Roman Burgsteiner · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Carabus

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