Summer harp ground beetle
Chlaenius aestivus
The summer harp ground beetle is a large beetle with orange legs. Its head and the part behind it shine with rainbow colours. Its black wing cases have long grooves, like lines drawn with a ruler.
Lives in
North America, in damp muddy places
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. Look at its shiny colours and let it go.
What does it eat?
Like other ground beetles of its kind, it hunts small creatures on the ground.
How fast is it?
A tortoise about 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)
Summer 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
By day it hides under rocks, logs and other stuff lying on damp ground.
2
It likes muddy lowlands near rivers.
3
The mother lays her eggs in little cells made of mud and sticks them to grass.
you asked
Most asked questions about Summer harp ground beetle
?Where does the summer harp ground beetle live?
In damp, muddy places, hiding under rocks and logs by day.
?Is the summer harp ground beetle dangerous?
No. It is a harmless beetle.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Chlaenius aestivus
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Carabidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Carabidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Chlaenius aestivus (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 Insects Unlocked from USA. CC0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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