Dicheirotrichus gustavi
| Dicheirotrichus gustavi | |
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| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
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| Species: | D. gustavi
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| Dicheirotrichus gustavi Crotch, 1871
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Dicheirotrichus gustavi is a ground beetle which emerges from cracks or holes to feed on tidal salt marshes after dusk. Despite living in a coastal environment, it has no cycle of behaviour linked to the tides, simply scurrying for dry land when caught by the approaching sea.[1] It will eat the larvae of another intertidal beetle, Bledius spectabilis, if they are left unprotected by the adult.[2]
References
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