ID on a beetle

Motherwell, United Kingdom

New to the forum, was out working today and found this in a Garden never seen one before was easily a inch or 2 in size. Anyone know what it is?

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Minot, ND

It's a ground beetle that appears to be in the genus Carabus - see http://www.david.element.ukgateway.net/beetles15violetgroundbeetles1.htm for an example. General predator on other arthropods...

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