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Ringed harp ground beetle

Lebia analis
Eats: PlantsBeetlesGardens and meadows6 legs

The ringed harp ground beetle is a tiny beetle from Canada, only about half a centimetre long. It is brown and black, with pale marks at the back end of its wing cases. Some of them even have an orange and dark purple colour.

Lives in
Canada
Length
4.5 to 5 mm (0.18 to 0.2 in)
Top speed
about 0.63 km/h (0.39 mph)
On foot, estimate
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It is a tiny beetle and cannot hurt you.
What does it eat?
It eats the leaves and flowers of different plants.
For real!Photo of Ringed harp ground beetle
Picture by xpda. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

How big is it?

How long is it?

Ringed harp ground beetle about 5 mm long (0.2 in)A grain of rice about 6 mm (0.24 in)
small enough to sit on your fingernailcould run across a dinner table in 5.7 secondsmoves 35 times its own body length every second

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Fun facts

1

It is only 4.5 to 5 millimetres long, about as big as a grain of rice.

2

The pale marks at the tip of its wing cases are split by a thin black line down the middle.

3

The shield behind its head has fine lines on its upper sides.

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Most asked questions about Ringed harp ground beetle

?How big is the ringed harp ground beetle?

Very small, only about 4.5 to 5 millimetres long.

?What does the ringed harp ground beetle eat?

The leaves and flowers of different plants.

For bug experts

Scientific name
Lebia analis
Group
Beetles
Family
Carabidae
Classification
Insecta > Coleoptera > Carabidae
Lives on
North America

Where the facts come from

  1. Lebia analis (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
  2. Picture by xpda. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.

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