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| Golden ground beetle eating an earthworm | |
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| Family: | Carabidae Latreille, 1802 |
Ground beetles are the Carabidae, a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles. There are more than 40,000 species worldwide, about 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. There are a large number of subfaamilies.
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