Tricolored harp ground beetle
Chlaenius tricolor
The tricolored harp ground beetle is a shiny ground beetle that sparkles in bright metal colours. It runs about on the ground on its six quick legs. It lives in a very long stretch of land, from Canada all the way down to Guatemala.
Lives in
North and Central America, from southern Canada to Guatemala
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It is a small beetle that does not sting.
What does it eat?
Like most ground beetles, it hunts small creatures that it finds on the ground.
How fast is it?
A tortoise about 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)
Tricolored harp ground beetle about 1.2 km/h (0.75 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
Its body has a bright metallic shine, like a little piece of jewellery.
2
There are two kinds of it. One lives east of the Rocky Mountains and the other lives west of them.
3
The western kind lives all the way from British Columbia in Canada down to Guatemala.
you asked
Most asked questions about Tricolored harp ground beetle
?Where does the tricolored harp ground beetle live?
In North and Central America, from southern Canada down to Guatemala.
?Is the tricolored harp ground beetle dangerous?
No. It is a small, shiny beetle that is harmless to people.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Chlaenius tricolor
- Named by
- Dejean, 1826
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Carabidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Carabidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Chlaenius tricolor (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 Robert Webster Depicted place: Mayes County, US-OK, US ( 36°17′12″N 95°19′20″W / 36.286616°N 95.32225°W / 36.286616; -95.32225 ). CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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