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Definition of Clerid beetle
1. Noun. Predacious on other insects; usually brightly colored or metallic.
Generic synonyms: Beetle
Group relationships: Cleridae, Family Cleridae
Specialized synonyms: Bee Beetle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clerid Beetle
Literary usage of Clerid beetle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings for the Eight Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference by M. Boya Edwards (2001)
"SPB to clerid beetle (CB) ratios, and SPB per trap per day counts, were used to
predict the potential for SPB outbreak for the current growing season each ..."
2. Bulletin of the Geographic Society of Chicago by Geographic Society of Chicago (1913)
"... rufipennis) (137), sometimes also Dendroctonus simplex Lee, common under the
bark of partially dead trees (Fig. 149). The larvae of the clerid beetle ..."
3. Insects Affecting Park and Woodland Trees by Ephraim Porter Felt (1906)
"... is Bracon simplex Cress., a well known species which lives at the expense of
a number of wood borers. The antlike clerid beetle, ..."
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