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ground beetle| Large, adorned, brilliantly metallic beetle. Ground beetles are mainly terrestrial with few species being capable of flight. About 20,000 species are known to exist; nearly all are carnivorous as adults and larvae. |
| The larvae are of particular economic importance, destroying large numbers of soil insects and worms. |
Classification Ground beetles are in the family Carabidae, order Coleoptera, class Insecta, phylum Arthropoda. |
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