Black bugs in plant soil

[Purcegirl]

Hello everyone
I was watering my plants and a bug crawled out of the soil, it was black and it looked exactly like a beetle are they harmful to my plants if so what can i use to kill them? Thanks

 

[roadrunner]

My bet is that it's a beneficial bug; it's probably this one: http://www.rodalesorganiclife.com/garden/common-black-ground-beetle

 

[Plantdoctor]

There are thousands of bugs,until you can identify anything as a pest,treat is a friend.

Everything has a place in the scheme of things.

 

[Purcegirl]

My bet is that it's a beneficial bug; it's probably this one: http://www.rodalesorganiclife.com/garden/common-black-ground-beetle

Thanks a lot! I think that this is the bug that I saw today.

 

[Mark56]

Not a vine weevil? (google) the grubs eat roots.

 

[Tetters]

Not a vine weevil? (google) the grubs eat roots.

VW is not black .. all the ones I`ve seen are brown with snouts

 

[Mark56]

VW is not black .. all the ones I`ve seen are brown with snouts

Excuse my colour blindness The body does have elements of tan, a bit like Barney the border terrier

 

[Tetters]

Get it right Mark