Carabidae Loricera pilicornis

[JRsbugs]

Hi,

I think I have got this one correct but would like confirmation. I read the bristles under the head are used to trap their prey! It has plenty of bristles.

~7mm long, 22nd September.

Janet

[Klaas Reißmann]

Hi Janet,

you made it. Those bristles are that typical you can't get the wrong way.

Regards
Klaas

[JRsbugs]

Thank you Klaas, good to have confirmation but I also now know there is no other like it.

Regards,

Janet

[Klaas Reißmann]

You're always welcome..., I hope you know.

Klaas

[JRsbugs]

Thank you Klaas, it is good to have people such as yourself who have the knowledge. I appreciate that.

Janet

[Klaas Reißmann]

Hi Janet,

Thank you Klaas, it is good to have people such as yourself who have the knowledge.

Thank you for the flowers, but no. Within a few years you will have the same knowledge, if you still work on it. So far, if it is not me it is someone else.

Klaas

[Paul mabbott]

Yes, shen it approaches prey (a small springtail, for instance) it brings all its heairy parts (antennae, mandibles &c) together forming a sort of cage which allows it to eat the prey without worrying whether it will escape!

Originally Posted by JRsbugs

Hi,

..... I read the bristles under the head are used to trap their prey! ........Janet

[JRsbugs]

Klaas, I never stop working on it.

Thanks Paul for the extra info, they certainly have evolved with upgrade mechanisms!