NOUN
- predacious shining black or metallic terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insects
How To Use carabid beetle In A Sentence
- In the majority of cases, the terrestrial hosts are (at least partially) carnivorous animals such as carabid beetles, praying mantids or crickets (Ensifera).
- Recent reports demonstrate the sophistication and accuracy with which these carabid beetles deliver a spray of hot quinones and steam to ward off predators.
