ground beetle
noun
: any of a large cosmopolitan family (Carabidae) of soil-inhabiting usually carnivorous often shiny black or metallic beetles commonly having fused elytra
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Photo: Ellie Atkins A 21-year-old Potter’s drawings of a ground beetle.
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Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2024
While their slimy coatings deter some would-be-predators, raccoons, opossums, snakes, moles, toads, shrews, turtles, ground beetles, and birds, such as ducks, starlings, and thrushes, devour them with gusto.
—Paul Richards, Field & Stream, 29 Feb. 2024
The show includes an 1887 drawing of the magnified parts of a ground beetle, a reminder of the rich natural detail that would mark her stories.
—J.s. Marcus, WSJ, 21 Jan. 2022
Because ground beetles are nocturnal and more active during night hours, Will typically started his sampling days just before sunset and ended them between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. In September of that year, Maddison and Sproul finished collecting and analyzing the beetle’s DNA.
—Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023
Potter’s scientific drawings of a ground beetle, ca. 1887.
—J.s. Marcus, WSJ, 21 Jan. 2022
This is perhaps the most unusual beetle in the hugely diverse Carabidae family of ground beetles.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Apr. 2020
Natural controls of spiders, big-eyed bugs, ground beetles and a variety of parasites already in your lawn may help eliminate these turf pests.
—Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 22 June 2019
Tick off the number and species of each organism observed, such as centipedes, ground beetles, and spiders.
—Julie Monahan, Good Housekeeping, 9 Sep. 2015
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Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2024
While their slimy coatings deter some would-be-predators, raccoons, opossums, snakes, moles, toads, shrews, turtles, ground beetles, and birds, such as ducks, starlings, and thrushes, devour them with gusto.
—Paul Richards, Field & Stream, 29 Feb. 2024
The show includes an 1887 drawing of the magnified parts of a ground beetle, a reminder of the rich natural detail that would mark her stories.
—J.s. Marcus, WSJ, 21 Jan. 2022
Because ground beetles are nocturnal and more active during night hours, Will typically started his sampling days just before sunset and ended them between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. In September of that year, Maddison and Sproul finished collecting and analyzing the beetle’s DNA.
—Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023
Potter’s scientific drawings of a ground beetle, ca. 1887.
—J.s. Marcus, WSJ, 21 Jan. 2022
This is perhaps the most unusual beetle in the hugely diverse Carabidae family of ground beetles.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Apr. 2020
Natural controls of spiders, big-eyed bugs, ground beetles and a variety of parasites already in your lawn may help eliminate these turf pests.
—Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 22 June 2019
Tick off the number and species of each organism observed, such as centipedes, ground beetles, and spiders.
—Julie Monahan, Good Housekeeping, 9 Sep. 2015
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