Ground Beetle

Description:

7 mm

Habitat:

Rice paddies.Comes frequently to light in my garden.

Notes:

Of economic importance in Thailand The Beetle is always found within the folded leaf made by the leaffolder larvae. It can prey on 3 to 5 larvae per day. It also feeds on Leafhoppers larvae and Planthoppers. O. nigrofasciata is common in both wetland rice paddies and dryland fields where it also pupates.