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title: "Big-headed Ground Beetle"
description: "Scarites subterraneus — Owady i pająki. Scarites subterraneus, known generally as the big-headed ground beetle or (tunneling large) pedunculate ground beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/big-headed-ground-beetle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Big-headed Ground Beetle

> Scarites subterraneus — Owady i pająki. Scarites subterraneus, known generally as the big-headed ground beetle or (tunneling large) pedunculate ground beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae.

- Scientific name: *Scarites subterraneus*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 13627
- Wikidata: [Q14317528](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14317528)
- iNaturalist taxon: [82724](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/82724)

## Names

- en: Big-headed Ground Beetle

## Countries with the most observations

US (3951), CA (295)

## Summary

Scarites subterraneus, known generally as the big-headed ground beetle or (tunneling large) pedunculate ground beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found throughout the Caribbean, Central America, and North America.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarites_subterraneus

## Photo

![Big-headed Ground Beetle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/big-headed-ground-beetle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Brighton Lee · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/289667534

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/big-headed-ground-beetle?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).