Common Black ground beetle

[veggiechicken]

Found this little chap wandering around on the steps this morning. His antenna were all of a-twitch, feeling the ground around and ahead of him. He stopped momentarily when I put my finger near him but then went on his merry way. According to this Common Black Ground Beetle - he eats slugs Must be very very tiny slugs!

[Glutton4...]

Lovely - hope he eats all your sluggies!

[Two_Sheds]

I thought they ate slug eggs, not slugs (a bit chewy for an ickle beetle perhaps).

You've reminded me of a humungous beetle I found at How Hill. I expected it to be something quite exotic, but it was just another "ground" beetle

(there's nothing for scale, but it was as long as my thumb. I just wasn't going to get my thumb that close, in case I lost it)

[Glutton4...]

That's a beaut!

[veggiechicken]

Its seems that the Ground beetle larvae enjoy a juicy slug

Ground Beetle - a garden friend

[Two_Sheds]

eeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww



That right spoiled my cheese on toast that did

[Glutton4...]

Look what the dog found running around the hallway last night;

[Nicos]

Look what the dog found running around the hallway last night;

Hope you fed him/her a slug????

[Two_Sheds]

Look what the dog found running around the hallway last night;

oooooooh, a coach-horse, they're brilliant