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Carabus scabrosus tauricus
Subspecies of beetle From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Carabus scabrosus tauricus is a subspecies of the beetle Carabus scabrosus endemic to Crimea.[2]
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Body length up to 52 mm. Colour variable from the blue, passing into violet to green or almost black. The downside is black, with a metallic sheen. Elytra and pronotum wrinkled, granular structure. Crimean beetle forms several forms, differing mainly painting.
Active at different times of day. Quickly run. Predator, feeding on terrestrial molluscs - mainly land snail. Eating bugs do not bite the snail shell, shellfish and eating away dipping his head and pronotum at the mouth of the shell. Well-fed beetles can burrow into the soil for a few days.
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