Bug FAQCarabus cancellatus
Carabus cancellatus · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Carabidae
Carabus cancellatus is a ground beetle that hunts worms and slugs. Adults are 17 to 32 mm long and are mostly active at night, though they can be seen during the day when reproducing. It lives in open country areas across Central and Northern Europe and Siberia.
Source: Wikipedia
Size
Its body length ranges from 17 to 32 mm (about 0.7 to 1.3 in).
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
It inhabits open country areas.
Source: Wikipedia
When you see it
Adults are mostly nocturnal, but they are also active during the day in the reproductive period.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 1 of 51 states and DC. Most records: North Carolina.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
More photos
Same family (Carabidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carabus_cancellatus
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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.