Carabus splendens is one of the more spectacularly coloured ground beetles of southern france. Most of the specimens are usually greenish to reddish-coppery coloured. The Pic d' Arradoy is famous for being host to the biggest individuals of Carabus splendes and moreover, there is quite a lot of colour variation found in the specimens on the mountain. This is a very large female, measuring about 35 mm in length. This individual is rather typically greenish-reddish coloured. The colour also varies depending on the angle you look at the beetle. From above the reddish coppery colour is more obvious, while when looking form aside the green becomes more striking.