Punctiform harp ground beetle
Agonum punctiforme
The punctiform harp ground beetle is a small black beetle with dark red legs. Its wing cases have fine grooves running along them. It is a night-time hunter that loves wet places after the rain.
Lives in
North America, from California to Florida and up to Ontario, and also Mexico and the Bahamas
Length
8 to 8.2 mm (0.31 to 0.32 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It is a small beetle that does not sting.
What does it eat?
It is a hunter that catches small creatures on the ground.
How big is it?
How long is it?
💅small enough to sit on your fingernail🍽️could run across a dinner table in 4.4 seconds⚡moves 27 times its own body length every second
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How fast is it?
A tortoise about 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)
Punctiform harp ground beetle about 0.81 km/h (0.5 mph)
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It comes out at night to hunt.
2
After rain it likes to visit puddles in forests and meadows.
3
Grown-up beetles can be found all year round.
4
Each of its feelers is made of 11 little pieces.
you asked
Most asked questions about Punctiform harp ground beetle
?Is the punctiform harp ground beetle dangerous?
No. It is a small beetle that is harmless to people.
?How big is the punctiform harp ground beetle?
It is about 8 millimetres long, about as long as a grain of rice.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Agonum punctiforme
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Carabidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Carabidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Agonum punctiforme (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by xpda. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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