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ground beetle

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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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