ground beetle in English

noun
1
any of a number of beetles that live mainly on or near the ground, in particular a fast-running predatory beetle of the family Carabidae.
Another aspect of control is to protect natural mosquito predators such as dragonflies, ants, ground beetles , spiders, water striders, frogs and snails.

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1. Blemus discus is a ground beetle species in the genus Blemus.

2. Anthia sexguttata, or the six-spot ground beetle, is a beetle of the Family Carabidae.

3. Amara aenea is a ground beetle common in almost the whole of Europe and Northern Asia.

4. Two other obligate stygobionts were exterminated in the same action – the pseudoscorpion Microcreagris nickajackensis and the ground beetle Pseudanophthalmus nickajackensis.

5. Carabus auratus, the golden ground beetle, is a member of the family Carabidae, or ground beetles, native to central and western parts of Europe.