Nick Upton / Forest caterpillar hunter (Calosoma sycophanta) feeding on a Gypsy moth caterpillar (Lymantria dispar) it has killed in a Holm oak tree, Bacu Goloritze ravine, Baunei, Sardinia, Italy, May.

Pascal Pittorino / Ground beetle (Carabus hispanus) resting on a leaf of Hydrangea (Hydrangea sp), Lozere, Cevennes, Languedoc Roussillon, France, July.

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...

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

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

MYN / Lily Kumpe / Fischer's caterpillar hunter beetle (Calosoma fischeri) Ikh Nart Nature Reserve, North Gobi Desert, Mongolia. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

MYN / Lily Kumpe / Fischer's caterpillar hunter beetle (Calosoma fischeri) Ikh Nart Nature Reserve, North Gobi Desert, Mongolia. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

MYN / Lily Kumpe / Shiny green carabid beetle (Calosoma sp) William Bay National Park, Western Australia. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

Vladimir Medvedev / Beetle (Carabus schrencki) Lazovskiy Reserve, Sikhote-Alin Mountains, Far East Russia, April.