Ground Beetle

Ground Beetle

Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, approximately 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe.

Read more about Ground Beetle:  Description and Ecology, Relationship With Humans, Evolution and Systematics

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