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That researcher wrote a report just on Mount Mansfield’s carabid beetles, and Narango’s team is identifying each species to compare results.—Madeline Bodin, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025 The team was able to gather data for six groups of animals: amphibians, bats, bees, birds, carabid beetles, and reptiles.—Maria Paula Escobar-Tello, WIRED, 13 Sep. 2023 These native flora islands could also be a resource for helpful insects such as carabid beetles, which feed on crop-destroying aphids and thus help protect the surrounding wheat fields.—Gemma Conroy, Scientific American, 24 Feb. 2021 Predation of amphibians by carabid beetles of the genus Epomis found in the central coastal plain of Israel.—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 21 Sep. 2011
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