Woodland ground beetle
Poecilus lucublandus
The woodland ground beetle is a North American ground beetle. Ground beetles are quick runners that scurry over the ground on long legs. Like all beetles, it has hard wing covers that close over its back like a shell.
Lives in
North America
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless to people. It would rather run away than bother you.
What does it eat?
Like most ground beetles, it hunts small insects and other little creatures on the ground.
How fast is it?
A tortoise about 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)
Woodland 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
Scientists know two subspecies of it. One of them is called manhattanis, a name that sounds like Manhattan in New York.
2
It belongs to the ground beetles, a huge family with many thousands of kinds.
3
Ground beetles often hide under stones, logs and leaves during the day.
you asked
Most asked questions about Woodland ground beetle
?Is the woodland ground beetle dangerous?
No. It is harmless to people and usually runs away.
?Where does the woodland ground beetle live?
In North America.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Poecilus lucublandus
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Carabidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Carabidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Poecilus lucublandus (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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