Carabus nemoralis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Carabus nemoralis (commonly called the "Bronze carabid") is a ground beetle common in central and northern Europe, as well as Iceland and Canada. While native to Europe, it has been introduced to and is expanding its range throughout North America. It is 20-25mm long and found in many habitats in Great Britain.
Carabus nemoralis is a beneficial predator as it eats the agricultural pest Deroceras reticulatum slug in its young stage and also its eggs. Use of Carabus nemoralis as a biocontrol agent for multiple pests in large scale farming operations have been tested in recent years. Larvae are voracious hunters, resembling rove beetles. They can be found preying on annelids and slugs during early summer months.
It is known that some Carabus nemoralis populations will regurgitate foul-smelling brownish-red liquid as a defense mechanism against predators. Specimens can also fire fecal matter at high speed to a considerable distance, if picked up or otherwise threatened.
Carabus nemoralis typically has one breeding period in the spring with eggs hatching in autumn of the same year. The adults are found all... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Białowieża National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 2 | Acadia National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Cape Breton Highlands National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 4 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 5 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 6 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 7 | Great Bear Rainforest | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 8 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 9 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 10 | Glacier National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 11 | Olympic National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helsinki | 🇫🇮 Finland | |
| 2 | Seattle | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Copenhagen | 🇩🇰 Denmark | |
| 4 | Calgary | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 5 | Nizhny Novgorod | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 6 | Edmonton | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 7 | Kyiv | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 8 | Vancouver | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 9 | Portland | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Montreal | 🇨🇦 Canada |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Bronze Ground Beetle sighting in Cairngorms National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 165th most-seen of the 300 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–May and July–August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Bronze Ground Beetle in Cairngorms National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June and September–February, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bronze Ground Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
6th of 11
Of the 11 parks where we can rate Bronze Ground Beetle sightings, Cairngorms National Park ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in Białowieża National Park (Poland, about 30%), Acadia National Park (United States, about 10%) and Cape Breton Highlands National Park (Canada, about 10%).
Same genus: Carabus
The closest relatives of the Bronze Ground Beetle that you can see in Cairngorms National Park (genus Carabus, Worm and Slug Hunters) are Smooth Ground Beetle (about 30%), Rough Violet Ground Beetle (about 20%) and Violet Ground Beetle (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bronze Ground Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Cairngorms National Park (9 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
