Even at less than 10mm, this “small” ground beetle larva is a huge and powerful predator to the tiny springtail in its jaws. 这种“小”步行虫的幼虫虽然体长不足10毫米,可对于被它擒在颚中的微小的弹尾虫来说,却是雄伟有力的掠食者。
The diving beetle is a close relative of the ground beetle.
这只潜水甲虫是陆地甲虫的近亲。
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This rather dangerous ground beetle can move quickly from one clump of vegetation to another as it searches for prey.
这种比较危险的步行虫能迅速从一丛植物移动到另一从好搜寻其猎物。
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Up here -- this is the back of the ground beetle.
在这里——这是地面甲虫的背部。
英语百科
Ground beetle
Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. It is one of the ten largest animal families, as of 2015.
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近义词
n.
beetle
英英词典
ground beetle n.
predacious shining black or metallic terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insects