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Lebia tricolor, genus Legia, in the family of ground beetles, searching for prey. 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.
Metriini. Bombardier beetles are ground beetles (Carabidae) in the tribes Brachinini, Paussini, Ozaenini, or Metriini—more than 500 species altogether—which are most notable for the defense mechanism that gives them their name: when disturbed, they eject a hot noxious chemical spray from the tip of the abdomen with a popping sound.
N. brevicollis. Binomial name. Nebria brevicollis. ( Fabricius, 1792) Nebria brevicollis, belonging to the Carabidae family, is a ground beetle. With nearly 500 species and over 100 subspecies, N. brevicollis is the most diverse genus within the Nebriini tribe of ground beetles. Members of the genus occupy a wide range of habitats. [1]
Carabus nemoralis (commonly called the "Bronze carabid") is a ground beetle common in central and northern Europe, as well as Iceland and Canada. While native to Europe, it has been introduced to and is expanding its range throughout North America .
Carabus insulicola. Chaudoir, 1869. Carabus insulicola is a species of black-colored beetle from the family Carabidae native to Japan. [1] 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 ...
Megadromus antarcticus, also known as the “Alexander beetle”, is a member of the Carabidae (ground beetle) family and only found in the Canterbury region of New Zealand. [2] [3] Megadromus antarcticus are easily recognized by their iridescent green colouration.
Calleida viridipennis is a carabid beetle, a type of ground beetle. This classification is given to all beetles in the Carabidae family, which belongs to the order Coleoptera. The body size of a carabid beetle is linked with habitat succession and stability. Carabid beetles feed on both animals and plants; however, broader mandibles suggest a ...
Carabus ulrichii is a species of ground beetle from the family Carabidae originating from the Central Hungarian Basin and found in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Luxembourg, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine, and all of the republics of the former Yugoslavia. [1] They are coloured black, with a green ...