Six-spot ground beetle
The six-spot ground beetle is a big black beetle with six large white spots on its back. It runs around on the ground hunting other small animals. Farmers like it, because it eats lots of pests.
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Fun facts
Four of its white spots are on its wing covers and two are on the part behind its head.
Its spot pattern can vary, but it is always the same on the left and right side.
Its larva is flat with a big head and strong jaws.
It lives in forests and dry scrub, but also in farm fields and city parks.
Its eyes become more or less sensitive at different times of day, following a daily rhythm.
Most asked questions about Six-spot ground beetle
?How big is the six-spot ground beetle?
It is about 4 centimetres long.
?What does the six-spot ground beetle eat?
It eats other insects and snails, including many crop pests.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Anthia sexguttata
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Carabidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Carabidae
- Lives on
- Asia
Where the facts come from
- Anthia sexguttata (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 School of Ecology and Conservation <kchandra58 at yahoo.co.in>. CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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