Carabus (Worm and Slug Hunters)

Genus

Worm and Slug Hunters

Carabus

35 species in our catalog · found in 31 parks

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumArthropoda (Arthropods)
ClassInsecta (Insects)
OrderColeoptera (Beetles)
FamilyCarabidae (Ground Beetles)
GenusCarabus (Worm and Slug Hunters)

Species in this group

Bronze Ground Beetle

Carabus nemoralis

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Smooth Ground Beetle

Carabus glabratus

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Carabus sylvestris

Carabus sylvestris

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Leather Beetle

Carabus coriaceus

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Carabus hispanus

Carabus hispanus

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Carabus cancellatus

Carabus cancellatus

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Granulated Ground Beetle

Carabus granulatus

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Carabus splendens

Carabus splendens

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Carabus formosus

Carabus formosus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Blue Ground Beetle

Carabus intricatus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Carabus hortensis

Carabus hortensis

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Carabus auronitens

Carabus auronitens

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Violet Ground Beetle

Carabus violaceus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Carabus nankotaizanus

Carabus nankotaizanus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Rough Violet Ground Beetle

Carabus problematicus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Carabus purpurascens

Carabus purpurascens

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Carabus depressus

Carabus depressus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Carabus solieri

Carabus solieri

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Carabus ulrichii

Carabus ulrichii

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Carabus creutzeri

Carabus creutzeri

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Moorland Ground Beetle

Carabus arvensis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Carabus lusitanicus

Carabus lusitanicus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Carabus gigas

Carabus gigas

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Carabus goryi

Carabus goryi

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Carabus rutilans

Carabus rutilans

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Carabus guadarramus

Carabus guadarramus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Carabus scheidleri

Carabus scheidleri

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Golden Ground Beetle

Carabus auratus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Carabus nodulosus

Carabus nodulosus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Serrate-Shoulder Worm And Slug Hunter

Carabus serratus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Golden-Dimpled Ground Beetle

Carabus clatratus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Gravel Ground Beetle

Carabus taedatus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Carabus melancholicus

Carabus melancholicus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Carabus convexus

Carabus convexus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Necklace Ground Beetle

Carabus monilis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

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Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

<5%

Jan

<5%

Feb

~10%

Mar

~10%

Apr

~20%

May

~20%

Jun

~10%

Jul

~10%

Aug

~20%

Sep

~10%

Oct

~10%

Nov

<5%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Worm and Slug Hunters

Warmer areas are where this group is recorded most often. Our parks Our cities

Parks Ranked

#	Park	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Białowieża National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	8 of 35	~90%
	Bronze Ground Beetle			~30%
	Smooth Ground Beetle			~30%
	Leather Beetle			~30%
	Granulated Ground Beetle			~30%
	Blue Ground Beetle			~20%
	Carabus hortensis			~20%
	Carabus cancellatus			~20%
	Moorland Ground Beetle			~10%
2	Tatra National Park	🇸🇰 Slovakia	5 of 35	~70%
	Carabus sylvestris			~30%
	Smooth Ground Beetle			~20%
	Carabus auronitens			~20%
	Violet Ground Beetle			~20%
	Leather Beetle			~10%
3	Bavarian Forest National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	10 of 35	~60%
	Blue Ground Beetle			~20%
	Carabus auronitens			~20%
	Violet Ground Beetle			~10%
	Leather Beetle			~10%
	Granulated Ground Beetle			~10%
	Carabus scheidleri			~10%
	Bronze Ground Beetle			~10%
	Carabus hortensis			~10%
	Carabus nodulosus			~10%
	Smooth Ground Beetle			<5%
4	Pyrénées National Park	🇫🇷 France	10 of 35	~60%
	Carabus splendens			~20%
	Bronze Ground Beetle			~10%
	Carabus purpurascens			~10%
	Carabus cancellatus			~10%
	Carabus rutilans			~10%
	Rough Violet Ground Beetle			~10%
	Golden Ground Beetle			~10%
	Carabus auronitens			<5%
	Carabus convexus			<5%
	Necklace Ground Beetle			<5%
5	Triglav National Park	🇸🇮 Slovenia	4 of 35	~50%
	Carabus cancellatus			~30%
	Leather Beetle			~20%
	Carabus creutzeri			~10%
	Carabus gigas			~10%
6	Cairngorms National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	4 of 35	~50%
	Smooth Ground Beetle			~30%
	Rough Violet Ground Beetle			~20%
	Violet Ground Beetle			~20%
	Bronze Ground Beetle			~10%
7	Cévennes National Park	🇫🇷 France	6 of 35	~50%
	Carabus hispanus			~30%
	Carabus purpurascens			~10%
	Bronze Ground Beetle			~10%
	Rough Violet Ground Beetle			~10%
	Golden Ground Beetle			<5%
	Blue Ground Beetle			<5%
8	Aigüestortes National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	2 of 35	~30%
	Carabus splendens			~20%
	Carabus purpurascens			~10%
9	Vanoise National Park	🇫🇷 France	3 of 35	~30%
	Blue Ground Beetle			~10%
	Carabus depressus			~10%
	Carabus auronitens			~10%
10	Snowdonia National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	3 of 35	~30%
	Rough Violet Ground Beetle			~10%
	Violet Ground Beetle			~10%
	Moorland Ground Beetle			~10%
11	Gauja National Park	🇱🇻 Latvia	1 of 35	~20%
	Leather Beetle			~20%
12	Jiuzhaigou National Park	🇨🇳 China	1 of 35	~20%
	🦋 Carabus formosus			~20%
13	Mercantour National Park	🇫🇷 France	2 of 35	~20%
	Rough Violet Ground Beetle			~10%
	Carabus solieri			~10%
14	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	4 of 35	~20%
	Granulated Ground Beetle			~10%
	Bronze Ground Beetle			~10%
	Golden-Dimpled Ground Beetle			<5%
	Rough Violet Ground Beetle			<5%
15	Fertő-Hanság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	2 of 35	~20%
	Carabus ulrichii			~10%
	Leather Beetle			~10%
16	Biebrza National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	1 of 35	~20%
	Granulated Ground Beetle			~20%
17	Taroko National Park	🇹🇼 Taiwan	1 of 35	~20%
	Carabus nankotaizanus			~20%
18	Sierra de Guadarrama National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	3 of 35	~10%
	Carabus guadarramus			~10%
	Carabus lusitanicus			<5%
	Carabus melancholicus			<5%
19	Shenandoah National Park	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 35	~10%
	Carabus goryi			~10%
	Serrate-Shoulder Worm And Slug Hunter			~10%
20	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 35	~10%
	Bronze Ground Beetle			~10%
21	Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 35	~10%
	Carabus splendens			~10%
22	Cape Breton Highlands National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	1 of 35	~10%
	Bronze Ground Beetle			~10%
23	Hohe Tauern National Park	🇦🇹 Austria	1 of 35	~10%
	Carabus depressus			~10%
24	Monfragüe National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 35	~10%
	Carabus lusitanicus			~10%
25	Gros Morne National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	1 of 35	~10%
	Granulated Ground Beetle			~10%
26	Ecrins National Park	🇫🇷 France	1 of 35	~10%
	Rough Violet Ground Beetle			~10%
27	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	1 of 35	~10%
	Bronze Ground Beetle			~10%
28	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 35	~10%
	Carabus goryi			~10%
29	Glacier National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 35	~10%
	Bronze Ground Beetle			~10%
30	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 35	<5%
	Bronze Ground Beetle			<5%
31	Rocky Mountain National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 35	<5%
	Gravel Ground Beetle			<5%

Cities Ranked

#	City	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Kyiv	🇺🇦 Ukraine	6 of 35	~40%
	Leather Beetle			~10%
	Bronze Ground Beetle			~10%
	Carabus cancellatus			~10%
	Granulated Ground Beetle			~10%
	Smooth Ground Beetle			~10%
	Carabus convexus			<5%
2	Prague	🇨🇿 Czechia	6 of 35	~30%
	Blue Ground Beetle			~10%
	Bronze Ground Beetle			~10%
	Leather Beetle			~10%
	Violet Ground Beetle			<5%
	Carabus hortensis			<5%
	Granulated Ground Beetle			<5%
3	Helsinki	🇫🇮 Finland	2 of 35	~20%
	Bronze Ground Beetle			~20%
	Granulated Ground Beetle			~10%
4	Izmir	🇹🇷 Turkey	1 of 35	~20%
	Leather Beetle			~20%
5	Vienna	🇦🇹 Austria	7 of 35	~20%
	Blue Ground Beetle			~10%
	Leather Beetle			<5%
	Bronze Ground Beetle			<5%
	Carabus ulrichii			<5%
	Carabus scheidleri			<5%
	Carabus cancellatus			<5%
	Violet Ground Beetle			<5%
6	Budapest	🇭🇺 Hungary	3 of 35	~20%
	Leather Beetle			~10%
	Carabus ulrichii			~10%
	Carabus scheidleri			~10%
7	Nizhny Novgorod	🇷🇺 Russia	3 of 35	~20%
	Bronze Ground Beetle			~10%
	Granulated Ground Beetle			~10%
	Leather Beetle			<5%
8	Edmonton	🇨🇦 Canada	2 of 35	~20%
	Bronze Ground Beetle			~10%
	Granulated Ground Beetle			~10%
9	Copenhagen	🇩🇰 Denmark	3 of 35	~20%
	Bronze Ground Beetle			~10%
	Leather Beetle			<5%
	Granulated Ground Beetle			<5%
10	Istanbul	🇹🇷 Turkey	1 of 35	~20%
	Leather Beetle			~20%
11	Kazan	🇷🇺 Russia	3 of 35	~20%
	Carabus cancellatus			~10%
	Bronze Ground Beetle			~10%
	Granulated Ground Beetle			<5%
12	Moscow	🇷🇺 Russia	4 of 35	~20%
	Bronze Ground Beetle			~10%
	Granulated Ground Beetle			<5%
	Leather Beetle			<5%
	Carabus hortensis			<5%
13	Bucharest	🇷🇴 Romania	2 of 35	~20%
	Leather Beetle			~10%
	Carabus ulrichii			~10%
14	Belgrade	🇷🇸 Serbia	2 of 35	~20%
	Carabus ulrichii			~10%
	Leather Beetle			~10%
15	Vancouver	🇨🇦 Canada	2 of 35	~20%
	Bronze Ground Beetle			~10%
	Granulated Ground Beetle			~10%
16	Seattle	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 35	~10%
	Bronze Ground Beetle			~10%
	Granulated Ground Beetle			<5%
17	Montreal	🇨🇦 Canada	2 of 35	~10%
	Bronze Ground Beetle			~10%
	Granulated Ground Beetle			~10%
18	Calgary	🇨🇦 Canada	2 of 35	~10%
	Bronze Ground Beetle			~10%
	Granulated Ground Beetle			<5%
19	Stockholm	🇸🇪 Sweden	2 of 35	~10%
	Bronze Ground Beetle			~10%
	Leather Beetle			~10%
20	Yekaterinburg	🇷🇺 Russia	2 of 35	~10%
	Bronze Ground Beetle			~10%
	Granulated Ground Beetle			<5%
21	Manchester	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2 of 35	~10%
	Violet Ground Beetle			~10%
	Rough Violet Ground Beetle			<5%
22	Saint Petersburg	🇷🇺 Russia	3 of 35	~10%
	Bronze Ground Beetle			~10%
	Granulated Ground Beetle			<5%
	Carabus cancellatus			<5%
23	Warsaw	🇵🇱 Poland	3 of 35	~10%
	Granulated Ground Beetle			<5%
	Bronze Ground Beetle			<5%
	Carabus auronitens			<5%
24	Berlin	🇩🇪 Germany	3 of 35	~10%
	Bronze Ground Beetle			<5%
	Golden Ground Beetle			<5%
	Granulated Ground Beetle			<5%
25	Milan	🇮🇹 Italy	2 of 35	~10%
	Leather Beetle			~10%
	Granulated Ground Beetle			<5%
26	Munich	🇩🇪 Germany	3 of 35	~10%
	Leather Beetle			<5%
	Golden Ground Beetle			<5%
	Bronze Ground Beetle			<5%
27	Sofia	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	1 of 35	~10%
	Leather Beetle			~10%
28	Hamburg	🇩🇪 Germany	2 of 35	~10%
	Bronze Ground Beetle			~10%
	Leather Beetle			<5%
29	London	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	3 of 35	~10%
	Violet Ground Beetle			<5%
	Rough Violet Ground Beetle			<5%
	Bronze Ground Beetle			<5%
30	Portland	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 35	~10%
	Bronze Ground Beetle			~10%
31	Essen	🇩🇪 Germany	2 of 35	~10%
	Leather Beetle			~10%
	Bronze Ground Beetle			<5%
32	Toronto	🇨🇦 Canada	2 of 35	~10%
	Bronze Ground Beetle			<5%
	Granulated Ground Beetle			<5%
33	Birmingham	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1 of 35	~10%
	Violet Ground Beetle			~10%
34	Brussels	🇧🇪 Belgium	2 of 35	~10%
	Carabus purpurascens			<5%
	Carabus auronitens			<5%
35	Minsk	🇧🇾 Belarus	1 of 35	~10%
	Bronze Ground Beetle			~10%
36	Anchorage	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 35	~10%
	Bronze Ground Beetle			~10%
37	Salt Lake City	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 35	~10%
	Bronze Ground Beetle			~10%
38	Novosibirsk	🇷🇺 Russia	1 of 35	~10%
	Granulated Ground Beetle			~10%
39	Liverpool	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1 of 35	~10%
	Violet Ground Beetle			~10%
40	Lyon	🇫🇷 France	1 of 35	~10%
	Leather Beetle			~10%
41	Denver	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 35	<5%
	Bronze Ground Beetle			<5%
42	Boston	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 35	<5%
	Bronze Ground Beetle			<5%
43	Minneapolis [Saint Paul]	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 35	<5%
	Bronze Ground Beetle			<5%
44	New York City	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 35	<5%
	Bronze Ground Beetle			<5%