Pair of mating ground beetles, family Carabidae, in lower montane rainforest at Macas (altitude 1000 m) in the Ecuadorian Andes. Ground beetles are pr

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Pair of mating ground beetles, family Carabidae, in lower montane rainforest at Macas (altitude 1000 m) in the Ecuadorian Andes. Ground beetles are predatory, living and hunting in the leaf litter on the forest floor. The female is eating a worm in this photograph.

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Photo credit: © DR MORLEY READ/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: animal, beetle, carabidae, ecuador, ground, insect, insecta, invertebrate, invertebrates, mating, nature, wildlife, zoology