Big Beetle

: Big Beetle; I found this large (1+ inch) beetle running down a sand track in Richmond Co., NC on April 20, 2005. It didn't look as if it would stop until I flashed it with my camera, then it allowed many photos.; Created by: Rlephoto.; Tools Used: Nikon Coolpix 8700; Created on: April 2005; Image Views: 1,476; Average Views per Day: 1.2; Image Number: 10976

Comments:

Xavier from 3008 Shadow lawn drive on Jul 1, 2006 at 10:55 PM said:

Nice.

Alandra from westcoast Canada on May 4, 2006 at 3:13 AM said:

great macro of the beetle. Didn't realize there was so much to know about them. Great that they eat the caterpillars and larvae. What do the beetle larvae or eggs look like? I dug something out of the ground recently and wasn't sure what it was.

Dave Swanson from Iowa on Apr 22, 2005 at 1:38 PM said:

That's Pasimachus marginatus (Fab.) The ridged elytra and from NC narrows it down to that species. Tribe Scaritini as someone else has already mentioned.

Dud from Louisiana on Apr 22, 2005 at 6:53 AM said:

That is a great beetle close up. I wonder if it stayed still due to the flash. It might have thought that something bigger was after it and if it stayed still then the bigger thing could not attack.

prentiss adkins from delaware on Apr 22, 2005 at 6:06 AM said:

ray i think this is from the genus pasimachus. they are the Pedunculate ground beetles, Tribe Scaritini. it is considered common but they dont have a common name. they are caterpillar and larvae hunters.

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