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Definition of Carabid beetle

1. Noun. Predacious shining black or metallic terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insects.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carabid Beetle

Literary usage of Carabid beetle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Organic Agriculture: Sustainability, Markets and Policies by Oecd, OECD Staff, Darryl Jones, (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope (2003)
"European studies included two in Austria by Kromp (1989; 1990) which compared carabid beetle populations in organic and conventional winter wheat, ..."

2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1902)
"In this class I would also place a small carabid beetle (undetermined) which occurred for a while in great numbers under stones and debris, ..."

3. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1908)
"At the base of the vertical quarter inch shaft from eight to ten inches deep we took in each case one or two specimens of the carabid beetle, ..."

4. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington by Entomological Society of Washington (1902)
"Of these latter, there were 5000 specimens of a single species of carabid beetle. Prof. Riley's experience with light in an orchard went to prove that, ..."

5. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1907)
"... many forms not included in the above list. THE THORAX AND ITS APPENDAGES. '''13 The foregoing will give FIG. 17. Ventral aspect of a carabid beetle ..."

6. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1896)
"... Speg. on a carabid beetle, on chinch-bug and on a vespa, and S. minimum Speg. on a black ant of the genus Camponotus. A bibliography of 76 numbers is ..."

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