Bug FAQNebria metallica
Nebria metallica · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Carabidae
Nebria metallica, known as the metallic gazelle beetle, is a ground beetle in the subfamily Nebriinae. It lives from the Aleutian Islands and southern Alaska through western Canada down to Washington and Montana, and both its larvae and adults are predators.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
Nebria metallica is called the metallic gazelle beetle.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
It is a ground beetle in the subfamily Nebriinae.
Source: Wikipedia
What it eats
Both larvae and adults are predators.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
It lives from the Aleutian Islands and southern Alaska through western Canada down to Washington and Montana.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 2 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Alaska, Washington.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
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Questions people ask
Where is Nebria metallica found?
It ranges from the Aleutian Islands and southern Alaska through western Canada down to Washington and Montana.
Source: Wikipedia
Same family (Carabidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebria_metallica
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