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Calosoma reticulatum, is a species of ground beetle native to northern Europe and Central Europe. Museum specimens. It occurs in open steppe areas and in fields (in particular, beet). In Europe, most of the finds were made in dry steppes and pine forests, on sandy soil. Beetles are active in spring and early summer, but also occur in August ...
Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, [2] the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. [3] As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal families.
They are also known as ground beetles, and are oval shaped and elongated. They are black with a green metallic hue and vertical stripes running down their backs. The length of a fully grown beetle ranges from 27 to 31 mm. [2] They have three pairs of legs and two pairs of wings. The outer wings are greatly degenerated, making them unable to fly.
You name it, this creature will eat it. Roses, ornamental trees, flower beds, orchards, vineyards, vegetable gardens, all a feast for Japanese beetles.. Like cicadas, Japanese beetles live most of ...
A Big-headed Ground Beetle with a mealworm, which it would later eat. They're willing to eat a variety of invertebrates. 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.
Nebria nivalis is a ground beetle in the subfamily Nebriinae.It is found mainly in Scandinavia and northern Russia; it is rare in the British Isles, where it occurs at isolated upland locations in North Wales, northern England, Scotland and the west of Ireland.
Calosoma planicolle Calosoma senegalense Calosoma scrutator by Alejandro Santillana "Insects Unlocked" Project, University of Texas at Austin. Calosoma is a genus of large ground beetles that occur primarily throughout the Northern Hemisphere, and are referred to as caterpillar hunters or caterpillar searchers. Many of the 167 species are ...
Broscus cephalotes is a species of nocturnal, coastal ground beetle found throughout most of Europe.Its range spans from western Europe into western Siberia. [1] The species was introduced recently (circa 1975) in the eastern areas of Canada and has spread farther south and west into the United States. [2]