Coal-runner vs Spring Blackclock
The coal-runner is longer: 1.9 cm against 7 mm for the spring blackclock, about 2.7 times the length.
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What is the difference between a coal-runner and a spring blackclock?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The coal-runner is longer: 1.9 cm against 7 mm for the spring blackclock, about 2.7 times the length.
- Both belong to the genus Pterostichus, so they are close relatives.
- They are on record for 27 of the same countries (the coal-runner for 29 in total, the spring blackclock for 34). Country data is incomplete and can include zoos, so this does not show whether they meet in the wild.
Side by side
| Coal-runner | Spring Blackclock | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Pterostichus melanarius | Pterostichus vernalis |
| Family | Carabidae | Carabidae |
| Order | Coleoptera | Coleoptera |
| Weight | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Length | 1.2 cm – 1.9 cm | 6 mm – 7 mm |
| Lifespan | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Main food | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Habitat | human_modified | grassland, human_modified |
| Conservation status | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Countries recorded | 29 | 34 |
Which is bigger?
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