Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 belong to the Adephaga.
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. It is found throughout the Caribbean, Central ...
Large ground-dwelling beetles such as Carabidae, the rhinoceros beetle and the longhorn beetles defend themselves using strong mandibles, or heavily sclerotised (armored) spines or horns to deter or fight off predators. [119] Many species of weevil that feed out in the open on leaves of plants react to attack by employing a drop-off reflex.
Calosoma. 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 largely or entirely black, but some have bright metallic coloration. They produce a foul-smelling spray from glands near the tip of the ...
Scarites is a genus of ground beetle native to the Palearctic, the Near East, North America and North Africa, India. There are more than 190 described species in Scarites with more than 55 described species from India. [1] These beetles share physical characteristics of the more tropical stag beetles, but are not closely related.
Longhorn beetle. The longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae), also known as long-horned or longicorns (whose larvae are often referred to as roundheaded borers), are a large family of beetles, with over 35,000 species described. [2] Most species are characterized by antennae as long as or longer than the beetle's body.
Carabus intricatus, the blue ground beetle, is a species of ground beetle found in Europe. [2]It is a large beetle (24–35 millimetres or 0.9–1.4 inches in length), with a metallic purple or blue and roughly surfaced elytra; the second pair of wings (which are used by beetles for flying) under the elytra are reduced.
Harpalus pensylvanicus. Harpalus pensylvanicus is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Harpalinae. [1] It is found throughout North America. It was described by Degeer in 1774. [1] The adults of the species are shiny black on the top, reddish brown underneath, and the elytra have lines. The larvae are black with a reddish head and the ...