Carabus hortensis, the garden ground beetle, is a species of beetle in the Oreocarabus subgenus which can be found throughout Europe but is rarer in the extreme southwest. It is common in the Middle East.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Carabus hortensis being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Carabus sylvestris
- Carabus manifestus
- Carabus vinctus
- Carabus sternbergi
- Calosoma tepidum
- Calosoma calidum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Carabidae
- Genus
- Carabus
- Species
- Carabus hortensis
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