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Definition of ground beetle in English: ground beetlenoun Any of a number of beetles that live mainly on or near the ground. a fast-running predatory beetle, typically black in colour (family Carabidae). ('nocturnal ground beetle')another term for darkling beetle Example sentencesExamples - Partially eaten seeds, loss of germination, or stunted seedlings in the presence of small brown ground beetles indicate a seedcorn beetle problem.
- Many insects, such as ground beetles, hoverflies and ladybirds, can keep pests under control - but not if they've been destroyed by chemical sprays.
- Another aspect of control is to protect natural mosquito predators such as dragonflies, ants, ground beetles, spiders, water striders, frogs and snails.
- Various beetles such as firefly larvae and ground beetles feed on slugs.
- The ground beetles, or Carabidae, are just one of the largely predacious insect families designed for the job.
Definition of ground beetle in US English: ground beetlenoun Any of a number of beetles that live mainly on or near the ground, in particular a fast-running predatory beetle of the family Carabidae. Example sentencesExamples - Another aspect of control is to protect natural mosquito predators such as dragonflies, ants, ground beetles, spiders, water striders, frogs and snails.
- The ground beetles, or Carabidae, are just one of the largely predacious insect families designed for the job.
- Many insects, such as ground beetles, hoverflies and ladybirds, can keep pests under control - but not if they've been destroyed by chemical sprays.
- Various beetles such as firefly larvae and ground beetles feed on slugs.
- Partially eaten seeds, loss of germination, or stunted seedlings in the presence of small brown ground beetles indicate a seedcorn beetle problem.
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