Amici Con Coleotteri Posted May 18, 2014 Report Share Posted May 18, 2014 Found a pair of these last weekend but only could catch the one...didn't want to find out the hard way that it WAS a bombardier lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizentrop Posted May 18, 2014 Report Share Posted May 18, 2014 Oh, one of my favorite North American carabids!This is not a true bombardier beetle, but the species Galerita bicolor, a bombardier-mimic (or false bombardier beetle). They have awesome predatory larvae with impressive long cerci (tails), longer than the body length! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amici Con Coleotteri Posted May 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2014 Awesome! Thanks wizentrop! Any idea what they eat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizentrop Posted May 18, 2014 Report Share Posted May 18, 2014 They are predators of small arthropods - springtails, silverfish, bristletails, various larvae. Anything that is soft-bodied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amici Con Coleotteri Posted May 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2014 Cool thanks!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Clausen Posted May 18, 2014 Report Share Posted May 18, 2014 You often find bombardiers in the same place you find these. Looking under the rocks near streams during the day (or by the stream itself by night) can turn up thousands of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 Awesome! you have lots of ground beetles in your area! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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