Observations in the Suborder: Adephaga
English Name: Ground Beetles
Child members
Observed on: 13th April 2013
Added to iSpot: 15th April 2013
Likely ID: Ground beetle (Carabidae )
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 4
Comments: 6
Description: Head, thorax and abdomen clearly separated. 'Course it's likely to turn out to be another tenebrionid...
Observed on: 16th January 2013
Added to iSpot: 31st March 2013
Likely ID: Predaceous water beetle (Cybister )
Identifications: 4
Agreements: 1
Comments: 7
Description: Water beetle at an outside light about 30mm
By: Lynette Rudman
Observed on: 29th March 2013
Added to iSpot: 30th March 2013
Likely ID: Whirligig beetle (Dineutus )
Identifications: 3
Agreements: 4
Comments: 1
Description: Skimming along the surface of the water.
Observed on: 25th October 2012
Added to iSpot: 21st February 2013
Likely ID: Ground beetle (Carabidae )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 3
Description: Not yet drowned, but today was a day for beetle swimming!
Observed on: 29th September 2012
Added to iSpot: 24th January 2013
Likely ID: Oogpister (Anthia maxillosa )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Observed on: 17th December 2012
Added to iSpot: 17th January 2013
Likely ID: Ground spitting beetle, Oogpister (Anthia cinctipennis )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Description: Note the red velvet mites (?) on the beetle.
Observed on: 15th December 2012
Added to iSpot: 17th January 2013
Likely ID: Ground spitting beetle, Oogpister (Anthia cinctipennis )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Observed on: 15th January 2013
Added to iSpot: 15th January 2013
Likely ID: Predaceous diving beetle (Cybister )
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 2
Comments: 5
Description: Body length 38mm Flew into house at night. Perished before morning.
Observed on: 3rd December 2012
Added to iSpot: 24th December 2012
Likely ID: Flightless Tiger Beetle (Megacephala )
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 1
Comments: 5
Observed on: 25th November 2012
Added to iSpot: 21st December 2012
Likely ID: Velvet ground beetle (Graphipterus )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
Description: Small and very active.
Observed on: 24th November 2012
Added to iSpot: 12th December 2012
Likely ID: Draaikewer (Dineutus )
Identifications: 3
Agreements: 1
Comments: 2
Observed on: 22nd November 2012
Added to iSpot: 4th December 2012
Likely ID: Whirligigbeetles (Dineutus )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Description: Would not come close, and I am allergic to water! Although I suspect that they would have vanished had I entered the water. They would probably have bitten my toes too ...
By: marian
Observed on: 10th November 2012
Added to iSpot: 1st December 2012
Likely ID: Oogpister (Anthia )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 3
Observed on: 27th April 2009
Added to iSpot: 18th November 2012
Likely ID: Diving beetle (Cybister )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 1
Description: feeding on mole cricket
By: skyezil
Observed on: 15th November 2012
Added to iSpot: 15th November 2012
Likely ID: Ground beetle (Chlaenius )
Identifications: 3
Agreements: 1
Comments: 1
Observed on: 4th April 2011
Added to iSpot: 9th November 2012
Likely ID: Whirligigbeetles (Dineutus )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 1
By: Peter Webb
Location: lekgalameetse
Lat/Lng: -24.1993, 30.3394
attracted to cabin's light in forest.
Close
Observed on: 22nd October 2012
Added to iSpot: 24th October 2012
Likely ID: Ant's nest beetle (Paussinae )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 2
Description: about 7mm in length, thick antenna. on close inspection looks as if its made of toffee coloured glass
Observed on: 28th August 2012
Added to iSpot: 5th October 2012
Likely ID: Carabidae
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 6
By: Peter Webb
Location: Irene
Lat/Lng: -25.8918, 28.2338
Under a rock in the open veld. Usually see one every now and then, saw 7 in an hour this afternoon. Veld soft and damp after rain.
Close
Observed on: 22nd September 2012
Added to iSpot: 22nd September 2012
Likely ID: Ground beetle (Cypholoba amatonga )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 1
Description: About 2.5cm long, run around quickly on the ground.
By: Peter Webb
Observed on: 17th September 2012
Added to iSpot: 21st September 2012
Likely ID: Little bombardier beetle (Carabidae )
Identifications: 3
Agreements: 2
Comments: 4
Description: Dark back ,with 4 orange dots on it. approx 8mm in length. Was under a rock in the soil with one other one.
Observed on: 8th August 2010
Added to iSpot: 4th September 2012
Likely ID: Ground spitting beetle, Oogpister (Anthia cinctipennis )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
By: Peter Webb
Location: Irene
Lat/Lng: -25.8913, 28.2373
Under rocks in the veld north of Gem Village.
Close
Observed on: 31st July 2012
Added to iSpot: 31st July 2012
Likely ID: a bombardier beetle (Brachinus )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
Description: Found three under a rock together,about 8mm in length.Can run when it wants to.
By: Petra Graf
Observed on: 14th March 2012
Added to iSpot: 20th July 2012
Likely ID: Oogpister (Anthia circumscripta )
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 1
Comments: 2
By: MargieR
Location: 187, Wetton Rd
Lat/Lng: -34.0001, 18.4849
Seen on the South Side of the Kenilworth Race course during the Bioblitz. Someone had found it and I just photographed it on their hand.
Close
Observed on: 14th June 2012
Added to iSpot: 17th June 2012
Likely ID: a ground beetle (Carabidae )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Description: Someone had found the beetle in a damp area, near logs on the Kenilworth Race course. Sorry not very clear photographs.
Observed on: 17th May 2012
Added to iSpot: 17th May 2012
Likely ID: a whirligig beetle (Dineutus )
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 2
Comments: 6
Description: I think they're called boatmen. They did an endless dance-like thing, at great speed skimming the surface of the dam first away from one another, then back. I saw one dive underneath the water as well. About 15mm long. Not easy to photograph!
Observed on: 3rd October 2011
Added to iSpot: 15th April 2012
Likely ID: Ground Beetles (Carabidae )
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 3
By: freddy hordies
Observed on: 24th October 2011
Added to iSpot: 18th February 2012
Likely ID: Oogpister (Anthia circumscripta )
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 0
Comments: 7
By: lize von staden
Observed on: 7th January 2012
Added to iSpot: 7th January 2012
Likely ID: Oogpister (Anthia thoracica )
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 1
Comments: 1
Description: A very large (c. 4 cm) beetle. Seems to belong to the group of predatory Ground Beetles (family Carabidae), but can't say which genus.
By: Gerhard Diedericks
Observed on: 3rd May 2011
Added to iSpot: 26th October 2011
Likely ID: Dytiscidae
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
Description: In marginal vegetation in river pool
By: Gerhard Diedericks
Observed on: 3rd May 2011
Added to iSpot: 26th October 2011
Likely ID: Dytiscidae
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
Description: In marginal vegetation in river pool
