#ground beetles

[staticfinch]

Hold them Gently

[jupiterswasphouse]

[PHOTOS TAKEN: MAY 15TH, 2026 | Image IDs: Three photos of a shiny black ground beetle crawling around on the ground surrounded by grass /End IDs.]

[celestial-games]

GROUND BEETLES

When I think about ground beetles I usually think of tiny black beetles, but they are so much more than that. The family also includes all the tiger beetles of course, so I figured that if my game was going to include a hundred species of tiger beetles then the rest of the family needed to be properly represented as well. I tried to include a good variety of species :] Here are all of the non-tiger beetle carabids I've made so far (+1 sneaky tiger beetle if you can spot it)

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[razehider]

this is a Carabus larva that i spotted floating in a large puddle. thinking it was dead, i fished it out to get a closer look at it, but mere seconds after i got it on its Designated Rescue Leaf™ it turned out to be alive. i moved it to a drier spot, but it showed no gratitude. i should've dunked it back in the soup

(March 13th, 2025)

[antiqueanimals]

Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: vol. 2 - Insects. Written by Dr. Bernhard Grzimek. 1984.

Internet Archive

1.) Orchesella cincta

2.) Onychiurus sp.

3.) Campodea staphylinus

4.) Abax ovalis

5.) Notiophilus rufipes

6.) Penthetria holosericea

7.) Tipula scripta

8.) Red wood ant (Formica rufa)

9.) Geophilus sp.

10.) Brown Centipede (Lithobius forficatus)

11.) Polydesmus complanatus

12.) Julus sp.

13.) Glomeris marginata

14.) Pardosa palustris

15.) Nothrus silvestris

[hispaatra]

Common sun beetle (Amara aenea)!!

Amara aenea is one of the shiny beetles you can spot in North America and Eurasia. It belongs to the Carabidae family known as ground beetles – one of the largest insect families comprising over 40,000 species. Ground beetles vary in color and shape, but most are shiny black or metallic with ridges on their wing covers. Many are completely flightless because of their elytra being fused together. They have broad feeding habits but are generally carnivorous and predatory, which is made possible by their strong mandibles.

Such is also the case with Amara aenea! They eat smaller insects considered pests.

They like to run around on sunny days, which is where their common name comes from! Always makes me happy to see them:)

PS. his name is Vergil (requested by a friend who saw me drawing)

Sources:

https://bugguide.net/node/view/197219

https://eorganic.org/node/33936

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_beetle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amara_aenea..

Reference image:

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/40013367

[snototter]

Carabus auronitens, a ground beetle, in Brussels, Belgium

by Frank Vassen

[rattyexplores]

Ground beetle spotted in a puddle.

Found a few this time of year.

04/12/23 - Myriochila semicincta

QLD:WET - Rainforest nursery