#lebia

[fishcake05]

So Ive heard of digital yrui

[coolbugs]

Bug of the Day

Well, this is not a great photo, but it is the best one I got of a new ground beetle for the yard, Lebia fusca.

[dendroica]

Large Foliage Ground Beetle, Lebia grandis (by me)

[andy-deer]

So today I thought about them.

[northwestnaturalist]

Lebia viridis (cyanipennis) “Western Colorful Foliage Beetle” Carabidae

Clinton, MT July 25, 2015 Robert Niese

This awesome carnivorous beetle joined us at the sheets during our Mothlighting event for National Moth Week with the Missoula Butterfly House. These colorful Carabids didn’t come to the light looking for sex though. They were on the hunt! This guy was speedily chasing after gnats and other small insects that we had attracted to our lights. In my opinion, watching these tiny predators was just as exciting as any lion hunt in Africa!

[britsnana2]

6/27/15

Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles) Subfamily Harpalinae Supertribe Harpalitae Tribe Lebiini Subtribe Lebiina Genus Lebia (Colorful Foliage Ground Beetles) 

Explanation of Names from Greek 'shallow, thin'(1) Numbers over 700 spp. in 17 subgenera worldwide, 48 spp. in 4 subgenera in our area, as follows:(2) subg. Loxopeza: 8 spp. subg. Polycheloma: 1 sp. (L. lecontei, TX & AZ) subg. Lamprias: 1 sp. (L. divisa, Great Plains: KS & CO to so. Canada & IN) subg. Lebia s. str.: 38 spp. Size 2.5-14 mm(3) Identification Medium-sized/small, often vividly colored carabids with wide, flattened elytra Revision of NA fauna in(3) Adults of 14 spp. shown in(4) Range worldwide and throughout NA (north to YT & n. PQ)(2) Habitat Found on foliage and on ground Season Typically late spring to mid-summer + fall; adults overwinter; two generations per year in south Food Predatory on small insects; some parasitize leaf beetle larvae Life Cycle In summer, adults often active on foliage during the day, unusual for ground beetles