One of the largest carnivorous beetles - Crimean ground beetle settled in my garden at Cape Fiolent in Crimea. It may be five centimeters and has a very beautiful iridescent shell, purple. In case of danger, splashing corrosive liquid. On sighting devices science informs, but in the eyes bastard gets very neatly. Have experienced. It feeds mainly on land snail, so badly damaged by the Gorbachev era in cutting down vines. Now on the verge of extinction, is listed in the Red Book.

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