''Carabus scabrosus tauricus'' is a subspecies of the beetle ''

Carabus scabrosus ''Carabus scabrosus'', common name huge violet ground beetle, is a species of beetles of the family Carabidae. Description ''Carabus scabrosus'' can reach about in length and about in width in the broadest part of elytra. This is among the l ...

'' endemic to

Crimea Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a pop ...

. 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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* * tauricus Endemic fauna of Crimea Beetles of Europe Taxa named by Franco Andrea Bonelli {{carabus-stub