Ground Beetles Gallery

Violet Ground Beetle - eats slug on Hosta

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Violet Ground Beetle - eats slug on Hosta
Bedfordshire UK
Carabus violaceus
Brian Bevan
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A burying beetle (Nicropholus concolor)

A burying beetle (Nicropholus concolor), on the corpse of a mole, in the first stage of preserving it as food for its young: it is removing hair from the carcass and will then cover it with antibacterial and antifungal secretions before digging a hole underneath and burying the body perhaps as much as 30 cm below ground. Gunma Prefecture, Japan

Japanese rhinoceros beetle (Trypoxylus dichotomus)

Japanese rhinoceros beetle (Trypoxylus dichotomus), Boy looking for larvae; eggs are laid into the ground. Many Japanese children breed these rhinoceros beetles as pets. The beetles are also made to fight each other and large sums of money are made or lost in gambling on the beetle that stays on a log while the other is trying to push it off. Nara, Japan

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