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Division of Arthropods
Museum of Southwestern Biology
1 University of New Mexico
MSC03-2020
Albuquerque, NM 87131
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Division of Arthropods
Museum of Southwestern Biology
302 Yale Blvd NE
CERIA 83, Room 204
Albuquerque, NM 87131
shipping contact: 505-277-1360
Photo by D.C. Lightfoot
Hexapoda, Coleoptera, Carabidae, Harpalus pennsylvanicus
Description: Small black, oval beetle with short legs.
Geographic Distribution: Throughout New Mexico. Native.
Habitats: Outdoors in damp soil and under rocks and other objects. They often wander into garages and houses, but do not live there.
Biology: Adults occur in the summer, and wander on the ground in search of small arthropods on which they feed. The larvae are predators of other insects in the soil.
Health/pest Status: Harpalus ground beetles are beneficial insects that prey on other arthropods.