Family: Carabidae
Size: 3.5 mm (2.5 to 3.7 mm)
Origin: Almost all of Europe, North Africa, Asia Minor, the Caucasus and Siberia
Biology: Prefers moist habitats
Location: Austria, Markthof, Marchauen
leg.det. G.Roessler, 10.V.1999
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2024
Family: Carabidae
Size: 9.3 mm (7.0 to 9.5 mm)
Origin: Pyrenees, Iberian Peninsula, Algiers
Biology: Loves warmth, in dry and sunny places, When harassed, a corrosive liquid squirts out of the rear end with a bang
Location: Spain, Prov. Granada, Sierra Nevada, Pico Veleta
leg.det. Mager,/ Muehle, 19.V.1975
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2024
Tags: Coleoptera Käfer Insect Carabidae Brachinus bellicosus Brachinus bellicosus taxonomy:family=carabidae taxonomy:genus=brachinus taxonomy:species=bellicosus taxonomy:binomial=brachinus bellicosus geo:country=spain Spanien Spain Europe Coleoptera-us Kaefer Insekt
Family: Carabidae
Size: 10.5 mm (8.0 to 10.5 mm)
Origin: Southeastern Europe; southeast of Hungary to the Caucasus
Biology: Loves warmth, in dry and sunny places, When harassed, a corrosive liquid squirts out of the rear end with a bang
Location: Montenegro, Budva
leg.det. H.J.Mager, 3.IX.1969
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2024
Tags: Coleoptera Käfer Insect Carabidae Brachinus ejaculans Brachinus ejaculans taxonomy:family=carabidae taxonomy:genus=brachinus taxonomy:species=ejaculans taxonomy:binomial=brachinus ejaculans geo:country=montenegro Montenegro Europe Coleoptera-us Kaefer Insekt
Family: Carabidae
Size: 6.7 mm (4.5 to 7.5 mm)
Origin: Central and Southern Europe, Western Asia to Siberia
Biology: Loves warmth, in dry and sunny places, When harassed, a corrosive liquid squirts out of the rear end with a bang
Location: Germany, Bavaria, Upper Franconia, Bindlach
leg.det. U.Schmidt, 1.V.1976
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2024
Tags: Coleoptera Käfer Insect Carabidae Brachinus explodens Brachinus explodens taxonomy:family=carabidae taxonomy:genus=brachinus taxonomy:species=explodens taxonomy:binomial=brachinus explodens geo:country=germany Germany Deutschland Europe Coleoptera-us Kaefer Insekt
Family: Carabidae
Size: 6.1 mm (5.0 to 6.8 mm)
Origin: Europe, south to southern France and northern Italy east to Ukraine
Biology: Prefers pine trees but also hardwoods. Larva unknown
Location: Germany, Bavaria, Upper Franconia, Lippertsgruen, Froschbach valley
leg. U.Schmidt, 8.VI.2006; det. U.Schmidt, 2009
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2024
Tags: Coleoptera Käfer Insect Beetle Carabidae Dromius angustus Dromius angustus Germany Deutschland Europa Europe taxonomy:binomial=dromius angustus taxonomy:order=coleoptera taxonomy:family=carabidae taxonomy:genus=dromius taxonomy:species=angustus Coleoptera-us Kaefer Insekt