Assertion: ground beetle | /r/HasProperty | carabidae
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text: Adephaga contains about 10 families of largely predatory beetles, includes ground beetles (Carabidae), water beetles (Dytiscidae) and whirligig beetles (Gyrinidae).
text: Ground beetles (Carabidae) are common predators of many insect pests, including fly eggs, caterpillars, and wireworms.
text: The ground beetles (Carabidae) have a rather generalized (primitive) form—
text: The majority of the species belong to the family of carabids, or ground beetles (Carabidae).
text: The majority of the species belong to the family of carabids, or ground beetles (Carabidae).
text: Some lost their ability to fly, such as the ground beetles (Carabidae), snout beetles, and true weevils (Curculionidae).
text: Others are herbivores, while ground beetles (Carabidae) and rove beetles (Staphylinidae) are completely carnivorous and prey on earthworms and snails.
text: Large ground beetles (Carabidae) act as predators of caterpillars and other pest insects.
text: These include some ground beetles (Carabidae) and some true weevils (Curculionidae), as well as desert- and cave-dwelling species of other families.
text: Bombardier beetles are ground beetles (Carabidae) in the tribes Brachinini, Paussini, Ozaenini, or Metriini—more than 500 species altogether—which are most notable for the defense mechanism that gives them their name: when disturbed, they eject a hot noxious chemical spray from the tip of the abdomen with a popping sound.