Nick Upton / Forest caterpillar hunter (Calosoma sycophanta), a ground beetle hanging upside down as it forages in a Holm oak (Quercus ilex) tree in search of Gypsy moth caterpillar (Lymantria dispar) prey, Bacu G...

Konrad Wothe / Tiger beetle (Cicindela hybrida) Upper Bavaria, Germany. July.

David Woodfall / Predatory Carabid beetle (Carabud clatratus) rare species of western peat bogs, Ballycroy National Park, County Mayo, Republic of Ireland, June.

David Woodfall / Strandline beetle (Eurynebria complanata) Whitford Burrows NNR, Gower, Wales, UK, June.

Kerstin Hinze / Raised bog ground beetle (Carabus menetriesi pacholei) on moss. Bavarian Forest National Park, Bavaria, Germany. August.

Chris Mattison / Violet ground beetle (Carabus violaceus) a predatory carabid beetle that eats slugs. Monmouthshire, June.

Jan Hamrsky / Diving beetle larva (Platambus maculatus), Europe, February, controlled conditions

Robin Chittenden / Tiger beetle (Lophyra flexuosa circumflexa), Sicily, Italy. April.

Steve Downer / Green tiger beetle (Cicindela campestrus) feeding on caterpillar, UK, June.

Emanuele Biggi / Undetermined tiger beetle (Cicindelidae sp.) on a leaf along the Kinabatangan forest edges, Borneo.

Emanuele Biggi / Carabid beetle (Calosoma sycophanta) on white backlit background, Antola Regional Park, Italy

Jiri Lochman / Green carab beetle (Calosoma schayeri) East Yuna Nature Reserve, Midwest Region, Western Australia