Green Ground Beetle

I spotted this ground beetle as it appeared to be wrestling a millipede. These beetles are predacious, but in this instance, the millipede was able to crawl away before being eaten by the beetle. The beetle's entire dorsal surface was a brilliant, metallic green. It was approximately 12 mm long.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

These kind of scenes make you empathize with insects. It's hard to imagine for us something 20 times larger than you trying to eat you. Posted 7 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  Definitely. I almost intervened, but the beetle has to eat too. I couldn't bear to watch though ;P Posted 7 years ago