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In the last four days I've had 6 (out of 22) of the carabus beetles I've rounded up ending up on their back, wildly kicking. They can't upright themselves, and immediately fall back over if they do. I was originally worried about it being pesticides, and switched them onto some reptile...

One of the c. nemoralis I caught managed to eat at least an extra third of her mass while I was setting up housing containers last night. Put a worm in with a small group of them and they managed to devour it, but I think this girl might've gotten the most. She weighed .91 grams after she ate...

Found out a nearby facility will be putting down pesticides this friday, and their area used to be absolutely covered in carabus beetles (I've counted over 40 one night in the spring while all the worms were coming out onto the sidewalks) so I got permission to gather some. These are my first...