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Definition of carabid in English: carabidnounˈkarəbɪdkəˈrabid Entomology A fast-running beetle of a family (Carabidae ) that comprises the predatory ground beetles. Example sentencesExamples - Despite the significance of carabids in orchard habitats there have been few published studies of species diversity in the 27,000 ha of Canadian tree fruit orchards.
- Some predation of click beetles by certain carabids will occur in pheromone traps left untended for 2-3 week periods late in the adult generations of A. obscunis and A. lineatus.
- Recent reports demonstrate the sophistication and accuracy with which these carabid beetles deliver a spray of hot quinones and steam to ward off predators.
- Likewise, adults of many species of carabids and spiders would not even be present in mid-May.
- Many garden pests are carabid food: cutworms, codling moth larvae, tent caterpillars, slugs, snails and cankerworms to name a few.
Origin Late 19th century: from modern Latin Carabidae (plural), from Latin carabus, denoting a kind of crab. Definition of carabid in US English: carabidnounkəˈrabid Entomology A fast-running beetle of a family (Carabidae) that comprises the predatory ground beetles. Example sentencesExamples - Some predation of click beetles by certain carabids will occur in pheromone traps left untended for 2-3 week periods late in the adult generations of A. obscunis and A. lineatus.
- Many garden pests are carabid food: cutworms, codling moth larvae, tent caterpillars, slugs, snails and cankerworms to name a few.
- Likewise, adults of many species of carabids and spiders would not even be present in mid-May.
- Despite the significance of carabids in orchard habitats there have been few published studies of species diversity in the 27,000 ha of Canadian tree fruit orchards.
- Recent reports demonstrate the sophistication and accuracy with which these carabid beetles deliver a spray of hot quinones and steam to ward off predators.
Origin Late 19th century: from modern Latin Carabidae (plural), from Latin carabus, denoting a kind of crab. |