Cave Beetle (Representative of Family Carabidae)

Dark, damp environments like caves, crevices, or under rocks and leaf litter

Predatory; feeds on micro-arthropods, springtails, and other small invertebrates

Nocturnal or subterranean; often blind and wingless with long antennae for sensory navigation in the dark

Beneficial to ecosystems as predators that maintain the balance of soil and cave invertebrate populations