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Subpage beetles:
Leaf
beetles (Chrysomelidae)
Snout
beetles, weevils Longhorn
beetles, similar to longhorn beetles
Rove
beetles (Staphylinidae)
Ladybirds,
Ladybugs, Coccinellidae
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Dutch
Ground beetles
The ground beetles, I will place on this page
There are about 400 species in the Netherlands. They differ in size. Most
species in these families are carnivores.
Subfamily Badistrinae.
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Badister lacertosus.
Subfamily Badistrinae. Family Ground beetles (Carabidae).
A two-coloured beetle (orange and black). Length 5-6 mm.
In the sun it gets a beautiful glow.
In this family are more beetles with this colour. The end of the
first segment of the antenna of the Badister lacertosus is donker. The
whole first segment of the antenna of the similar Badister bullatus is
orange. Badister unipustulatus is also very similar.
I found this beetle in March under a pot in leaf litter.
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Subfamily Carabinae.
Subfamily Tiger beetles (Cicindelinae).
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 Northern dune tiger beetle (Cicindela
hybrida). Subfamily Tiger beetles (Cicindelinae). Family Ground beetles
(Carabidae). Not in the garden
but in the dunes 4 km from our house.
The Cicindela hybrida resembles the in the Netherlands rarer Cicindela
sylvatica. According to the Dutch Forum "waarneming" are the
differences:
Cicindela hybrida: Upper lip (labrum) yellow, without sharp keel. Elytra brown with strong metallic
shine, yellow spot at the rear end of the abdomen. General in sandy areas.
Cicindela sylvatica: Upper lip black, with sharp keel length in the middle. Elytra black brown with faint metallic
shine and three yellow spots, the back spot is pointed on a distance of
the rear end, in the middle of the elytra irregular shallow dots.
Both the larva and the beetle have very large jaws. They live on a sandy bottom, like here in the dunes.
You see them alternately walking and flying. The larva lives in a hole in the sand.
Length 14-20 mm. April - October. Europe. Photos
21-4-2013.
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Subfamily Elaphrinae.
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Elaphrus riparius.
Subfamily Elaphrinae. Family Ground beetles (Carabidae).
Not in the garden
but in the dunes 4 km from our house.
A bronze-coloured beetle with a green sheen. (Not
very well visible in thess pictures). Pits on the elytra. They live in moist areas like here
near a dune lake.
The newly hatched beetles overwinter in the soil.
Length 5,5-7 mm.
Europe, Asia. Photos 2-4-2014. German:
Kleine Uferläufer.
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Subfamily Harpalinae.
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 Agonum muelleri. Subfamily
Elaphrinae. Family Ground beetles (Carabidae).
Agonum is a large genus. Beetles of this genus can be found all over the world. They have metallic-like glossy
colours.
Agonum muelleri has a shiny metallic green head and pronotum. The elytra have a copper coloured or purple sheen.
Length 7-9 mm.
In the Palearctic, the Nearctic region and the Middle East.
Photos 30-9-2016.
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 Bradycellus verbasci. Not
quite sure. Subfamily Harpalinae. Family Ground beetles (Carabidae).
Length 4,5-5,5 mm. Photos 18-7-2014. Information on this
German
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 Harpalus. Subfamily
Harpalinae. Family Ground beetles (Carabidae).
Maybe Harpalus tardus.
Oft on sandy soil. Length 8-11 mm. Europe, Central Asia, Northern Africa.
Photos 23-4-2011.
Underside.
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 Harpalus affinis. Subfamily
Harpalinae. Family Ground beetles (Carabidae). Not in the garden
but in the dunes 4 km from our house.
Length 8,5-12 mm. Palearctic, North-America, Australia, Near East.
Photos 21-4-2013.
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Paradromius linearis. Subfamily Harpalinae. Family Ground beetles
(Carabidae). Not in the garden
but in the dunes 4 km from our house.
A slender reddish brown beetle. Legs and antennae are yellow-brown. It looks like the beetles from the genus
Dromus. The adult beetle feeds on small insects, but also with pollen and seeds.
Generally, both in dry and humid biotopes.
The adult beetles overwinter.
Length 4-5.6 mm.
Europe, North Africa, West Asia, Caucasus.
Photos 21-4-2013.
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Pterostichus vernalis. Subfamily
Harpalinae. Family Ground beetles (Carabidae).
A black beetle. Legs and antennae dark brown to black. The basal segment of the antennae is lighter.
Various habitats, under tree trunks and stones, in moss or leaf litter, damp meadows.
Length 6-8mm. Europe. Now also found in America. Photos 7-4-2017.
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Subfamily Lebiinae.
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Dromius quadrimaculatus.
Subfamily Lebiinae.
Family Ground beetles (Carabidae).
Legs and antennae are yellowish. The neck shield and the front part of the head are reddish brown, the remaining part of the head and the elytra black-brown, two yellowish spots on each
elytra. Often found on the bark of living trees.
Length 5-6 mm.
The adult beetles overwinter.
Europe, Asia. Photos 7-8-2018.
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Syntomus foveatus.
Subfamily Lebiinae.
Family Ground beetles (Carabidae).
When you find such a small groundbeetle mostly it is a Syntomus or
Microlestes.
Syntomus foveatus is a bronze black ground beetle. Often on dry sandy soil
between litter.
Length 3-4 mm. The beetle in this photo is 3,9 mm. Photo 03-04-2012.
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Subfamily Loricerinae.
Loricera pilicornis.
Subfamily Loricerinae. Family: Ground beetles (Carabidae).
This ground beetle is easy to recognize because it has long bristles on the first six
segments of its antennae.
Length 6-8 mm. It prefers damp places. This ground beetle feeds on mites and springtails
It hibernates as an adult beetle. Native to Europe and America. Photos 20-03-2012.
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Subfamily Nebriinae.
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Notiophilus spec.
Subfamily Nebriinae. Family Ground beetles (Carabidae).
A small, dark, shiny bronze ground beetle. Length: 3,5-5,5 mm.
They have large, conspicuous, bulbous eyes They use their stereoscopic
vision to locate their prey.
They are found under rocks, leaves and moss. But during the day they
sometimes run across the tiles on our terrace. They are difficult to
photograph because they always run like other ground beetles.
There are many species. But they are difficult to determine.
Both adults and larvae are predatory. They feed on small insects like springtails.
Photos 10-10-2012.
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Notiophilus rufipes.
Subfamily Nebriinae. Family Ground beetles (Carabidae).
Length 4-6,5 mm. Identified by Arthur van Ooijen. Many thanks! Photo 16-4-2018.
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Notiophilus substriatus.
Subfamily Nebriinae. Family Ground beetles (Carabidae). Not in the garden but in the dunes near a small lake about 4 km from my house.
I also had this beetle listed as Notiophilus spec, but it turned out to be identifiable as the Shoreline Ground Beetle (Notiophilus substriatus). Arthur van Ooijen, thank you very much for that. Description is set to Observation
(in Dutch). Photos 5-3-2014.
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Onderfamilie Pterostichinae.
Amara spec. Subfamily Pterostichinae.
Family Ground beetles (Carabidae).
In the Netherlands there are already about 40 species, many of which are difficult to identify. They are usually 'bullet-shaped'. They are
carnivores, but they also often feed on plant food. Length about 7-8 mm.
They can be found under stones, leaf rosettes, between grass roots and under dense vegetation. I also regularly see them (like the beetle in the picture) walking on the terrace.
Photo 30-05-2011, 10-4-2018. When you want to know more about
Amara, you have to look
at (in German) this
link.
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Larva ground beetle.
This beautiful beetle larva walked over my terrace. I don't know which beetle beetle it is. The larvae of ground beetles are carnivores and
feed on prey such as insect larvae and springtails. The larvae are elongated and live in or on the
soil. Photo 4-3-2011 |
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Subpage beetles:
Leaf
beetles (Chrysomelidae)
Snout
beetles, weevils Longhorn
beetles, similar to longhorn beetles
Rove
beetles (Staphylinidae)
Ladybirds,
Ladybugs, Coccinellidae
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