ground beetle

ground beetle

Any of several families of beetles that are primarily found on or near the ground. Milly screamed and ran across the back yard after she overturned a stone and disrupted a group of ground beetles.
See also: beetle, ground
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • beetle
  • PITBY
  • cross (one's) path
  • cross somebody's path
  • cross someone's path
  • cross paths with (one)
  • scream with
  • scream with (something)
  • scream out
  • scream blue murder
References in periodicals archive
Foster, "The relationship between the classification of Scottish ground beetle assemblages (Coleoptera, Carabidae) and the National Vegetation Classification of British plant communities," Ecography, vol.
Assemblage Characteristics and Habitat Specificity of Carabid Beetles in a Japanese Alpine-Subalpine Zone
Ground beetles were sampled using 20 pitfall traps.
Nuevos registros, notas de distribucion y diversidad de especies de Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) de Parques Nacionales de Tunez
1982 Bembidion franiae Ground beetle Henry Frania, Departmental Associate
What's in a name? Over the last century the ROM has been home to some of this country's most distinguished scientists, researchers, and curators, many of whom have lent their names to newly discovered specimens
Ground beetle species composition between habitats was compared using a multiresponse permutation procedure (MRPP), a nonparametric statistical technique for testing the hypothesis of no difference in species composition/relative abundance between two or more habitats.
Diversity of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in relation to habitat type in west-central Illinois
In a recent paper, Felix (2009) illustrated and recorded the occurrence of 70 species of ground beetles (family Carabidae) in the United Arab Emirates, UAE.
Unknown or little-known large ground beetles from the United Arab Emirates (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Scaritinae, Harpalinae, Platyninae)
The present distributions of the Tooth Cave spider (Neoleptoneta myopica), the Tooth Cave pseudoscorpion (Tartarocreagris texana), and the Tooth Cave ground beetle (Rhadine persephone) are confined to Williamson and Travis Counties in central Texas (Figure 1).
Tooth cave species. (Species at Risk)
The Buttercup Creek HCP, for example, was developed for the protection of the Tooth Cave ground beetle. This tiny animal is endemic to only a few karst features within a small area near the City of Cedar Park in Williamson County.
Deep in the Heart of Texas
Antennal sensilla of the ground beetle Platynus dorsalis (Pontoppidan, 1763) (Coleoptera, Carabidae).
Antennal Sensilla in the Small Banana Weevil Polytus mellerborgi Boheman (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
"It is the UK's largest ground beetle and can grow to nearly one and a half inches.
Rare beetles discovered INWELSH woodland
He begins in one of his favourite areas - Dartmoor - travelling across granite peaks and oak forests, searching for the nation's largest ground beetle and the elusive wood warbler.
TV CHOICE
Biology of a ground beetle, Harpalus pensylvanicus.
An indigenous gut bacterium, Enterococcus faecalis (Lactobacillales: Enterococcaceae), increases seed consumption by Harpalus pensylvanicus (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
specimens when he saw something even more enticing 6 the rare crucifix ground beetle,
When Nature Stinks: Corpse Flower and Dead Horse Lily Among Most Awful-Smelling Organisms On Earth
As an example of beneficial bugs, consider the ground beetle, family Carabidae, all 2,500 species.
Pest battle ongoing
LIVERPOOL'SWorld Museum is the first place in the world to breed an Indian ground beetle in captivity.
Insect is world first for museum
These researchers turned their attention to the ground beetle Carabus violaceus.
Why didn't the beetle cross the road? (Environment)