PHENOLOGY AND HABITATS OF CARABUS-GLABRATUS PAYKULL (COLEOPTERA, CARABIDAE) IN NE FINLAND

476 individuals of Carabus glabratus were collected in the years 1989- 90 with pit-fall traps in the Varriotunturi fell terrain in NE Finland . The catch in 1990 was about twice as great as in the previous year. The tertiary sex ratio was even. The main habitat was Scots pine fores t 370 m a.s.l., but the species also occurred in abundance in the moun tain birch forest zone, in spruce forest, on a Nardus stricta sloping fen and on the shore of Lake Kuutsjarvi, whereas the treeless summit o f the fell was almost totally avoided. The main activity period was at the end of June and the beginning of July, the males occurring over a shorter period. Daily catches closely followed the temperature curves .