Welcome to Carabusonline 2.0
We have over 3000 images of Carabus species from around the world, as well as up to date taxonomy and biology, ecology and habitat information for many species. We also have a growing list of species with actual collection sites marked on our google maps widget.
The information on this site is free to edit by anyone who is registered. That means the minute you sign up you can submit images, information, collection sites, and even new species to our database, so sign up now and start contributing!
News
Drop down menus
Many apologies for the errors you've been experiencing with the autopopulated drop down menus. This was due to a conflict with a new module we were experimenting with. The module has now been removed and the menus should be fixed.
If you experience problems like this in the future please do let us know as soon as possible.
Thanks
Matt
New carabid journal (International journal of Carabid Research)
Hello,
I am pleased to announce the launch of a new carabid journal, the “journal for international carabid research”:
http://www.jicr.carabusonline.co.uk/index.php/jirc/
Carabus films
As you may have seen we've recently added a lot of short clips to the knowledge base. These are all courtesy of Reinhard Weidlich at http://www.feuersalamander-dvd.de/ and show a range of interesting life history behviours in Carabus such as mating and hunting as well as showing their prefered habitats, mating behaviour and feeding habits. If you like the clips you can buy his full length 62min DVD (PAL DVD 16:9) for €18.90 here.
Reinhard has also helped in the protection of a population of fire salamanders, and you can read more about that on his website.
His latest film, Carabus, took 2 years to make and used over 200 hours of footage of captive and live beetles. A large amount of the funding for this project came from his prize money for the 1999 nature protection price for his work protecting and documenting the habitat of the fire salamander in Weissbach, western Saxonia.
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Carabus coriaceus natural history
A short video of Carabus coriaceus natural history. Courtesy of Reinhard Weidlich at http://www.feuersalamander-dvd.de/. You can buy his Carabus DVD here
Carabus hortensis eating a range of invertebrates
A short video of Carabus hortensis eating several invertebrates. Courtesy of Reinhard Weidlich at http://www.feuersalamander-dvd.de/. You can buy his Carabus DVD here
Carabus intricatus eating a worm
A short video of Carabus intricatus eating a worm. Courtesy of Reinhard Weidlich at http://www.feuersalamander-dvd.de/. You can buy his Carabus DVD here
Carabus nemoralis montage
A montage of Carabus nemoralis eating a worm and mating. Courtesy of Reinhard Weidlich at http://www.feuersalamander-dvd.de/. You can buy his Carabus DVD here
Carabus problematicus eating a worm
A short video of Carabus problematicus eating a worm. Courtesy of Reinhard Weidlich at http://www.feuersalamander-dvd.de/. You can buy his Carabus DVD here
Carabus violaceus montage
A montage of Carabus violaceus eating other invertebrates. Courtesy of Reinhard Weidlich at http://www.feuersalamander-dvd.de/. You can buy his Carabus DVD here
Carabus auratus montage
A montage of Carabus auratus in farmland. Courtesy of Reinhard Weidlich at http://www.feuersalamander-dvd.de/. You can buy his Carabus DVD here
