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πŸͺ² Beetles

Northern Taiga Ground Beetle

Pterostichus adstrictus

About

A medium-sized black ground beetle common across the boreal forests of the Northern Hemisphere. It is one of the most abundant carabids in taiga ecosystems.

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Did You Know?

It has one of the largest geographic ranges of any ground beetle, spanning the entire boreal zone from Scandinavia across Siberia to Canada and Alaska.