Literature records for Florida ground beetles are given for 380 species. From these records, the Florida ground beetle fauna is concluded to consist mainly of Nearctic elements, but there is a small ...

Insects, due to their vast numbers, are perhaps the most understudied animal group in the world. But Gabor Lovei, a researcher in New Zealand, remains undaunted, having devised a fascinating new way ...

There isn’t much data available to the wider public on the Calathus lundbladi ground beetle. This elusiveness is in no small part due to the little bug’s position on the International Union for ...

The success of North American crops from corn to Christmas trees partly depends on a relatively invisible component of the food web -- ground beetles. Nearly 2,000 species of ground beetle live in ...

Beetles are part of the Coleoptera family of insects. There are 400,000 species worldwide, including the big black beetle found in the house or in the yard. Beetles have been around for over 270 ...

This contribution reports on the discovery of Calleida migratoria Casale, new species, a ground beetle previously unknown to the Galápagos Islands. Since the recent and very strong 1997-98 El Niño ...

Voracious larvae of two recently discovered beetles can latch onto frogs, toads, and other amphibians many times their size, then devour them. How the bugs entice their prey and survive their attacks, ...

Ground beetles are key predatory insects that help control pests and weeds in crop production systems. There are some 350 different ground beetle species recorded in the UK – 30 of which are commonly ...