Blue ground beetle
Carabus intricatus Linnaeus, 1760
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The blue ground beetle (Carabus intricatus) is a species in the family Carabidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 3.6 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 21 countries, including Albania, Austria and Belarus.
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Quick facts about the blue ground beetle
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- 2.4 cm – 3.6 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)src for Active
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- 21 countriessrc for Countries on record
How big is the blue ground beetle?
Where does the blue ground beetle live?
Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.
The blue ground beetle is listed for 21 countries.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
- Albania
- Austria
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Denmark
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Italy
- Netherlands
- North Macedonia
- Poland
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Ukraine
Why a country list is not a range map
Listed by: CarabCat (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
Is the blue ground beetle endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the blue ground beetle classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderColeoptera
- familyCarabidae
- genusCarabus
- SpeciesCarabus intricatus Linnaeus, 1760
Synonyms Carabus angustulus, Carabus aurulentus, Carabus bicolor, Carabus bohemicus, Carabus bosniensis, Carabus bucovinensis, Carabus carnicus, Carabus chionobatus, Carabus chlorizans, Carabus cyanescens, Carabus cyaneus, Carabus eurynotus, Carabus exemptus, Carabus germanicus, Carabus giganteus, Carabus gigas, Carabus intricatus chionobatus, Carabus jauffreti, Carabus kaadeni, Carabus laticollis, Carabus liburnicus, Carabus macedonicus, Carabus marchali, Carabus montenegrinus, Carabus neustrius, Carabus obscurus, Carabus paniscus, Carabus petax, Carabus roeschkeanus, Carabus siegwarti, Carabus starensis, Carabus subrhodopensis, Carabus tricolor, Carabus ulcerosus, Carabus versicolor, Carabus violaceus, Carabus virescens, Carabus weiratheri, Chaetocarabus intricatus, Chaetocarabus jauffreti, Chaetocarabus marchali
Other names and names in other languages (23)
- střevlík svraštělýCzech
- střevlík vrásčitýCzech
- BøgeløberDanish
- BøgeskovsløberDanish
- Langstrakt løbebilleDanish
- Langstrakt løberDanish
- Dunkelblauer LaufkäferGerman
- Blauer LaufkäferGerman
- Carabe embrouilléFrench
- Carabe des arbresFrench
- Prepleteni trčakCroatian
- kék laposfutrinkaHungarian
- Carabo intricatoItalian
- キバナガヒラタオサムシJapanese
- Grakštusis puošniažygisLithuanian
- Blauwe schallebijterDutch
- Donkerblauwe loopkeverDutch
- Biegacz pomarszczonyPolish
- Жужелица путаннаяRussian
- Жужелица плутающаяRussian
- bystruška vráskaváSlovak
- bokskogslöpareSwedish
- Турун зморшкуватийUkrainian
Relatives of the blue ground beetle
Other species in the same genus Carabus.
Violet ground beetle
Carabus violaceus
Bronze carabid
Carabus nemoralis
Granulated ground beetle
Carabus granulatus
Carabid beetle
Carabus olympiae
Rough violet ground beetle
Carabus problematicus
Smooth ground beetle
Carabus glabratus
CompareBlue ground beetle vs Violet ground beetleBlue ground beetle vs Bronze carabidBlue ground beetle vs Granulated ground beetleBlue ground beetle vs Carabid beetle
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the blue ground beetle?
An adult blue ground beetle measures 2.4 cm – 3.6 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the blue ground beetle live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the blue ground beetle for 21 countries, including Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium and Bulgaria. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is the blue ground beetle?
The blue ground beetle (Carabus intricatus) belongs to the family Carabidae in the order Coleoptera.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe · CC BY 4.0 · 2.0
Chauvier, Y., Adde, A., Bergamini, A. et al. (2025) TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15063844 - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service).
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