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.
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Famous quotes containing the words ground and/or beetle:
“Having interrd her Infant-birth,
The watry ground that late did mourn,
Was strewd with flowrs for the return
Of the wishd Bridegroom of the earth.”
—Edward Herbert (15831648)
“Ere the bat hath flown
His cloistered flight, ere to black Hecates summons
The shard-born beetle with his drowsy hums
Hath rung nights yawning peal, there shall be done
A deed of dreadful note.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)