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Ground Beetlesmetallic green ground beetle larger
February 9, 2010
It was found in Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie in Wilmington, Illinois. Just thought it was neat. It is laying next to a ruler with centimeters. Thanks!
Beth R.
Illinois
Caterpillar Hunter
Hi Beth,
WE believe this is a Caterpillar Hunter in the genus Calosoma, possibly Calosoma sycophanta, a European species that was introduced to help control the invasive exotic Gypsy Moth. BioLib has numerous photos for comparison. We wrote to Eric Eaton for his opinion.
Daniel:
Sorry, I disagree. It is not even in the Calosoma genus. Something much smaller, but I don’t recognize it. Carabidae are pretty tough, for me anyway.
Eric
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This is some kind of harpalinae. It’s hard to identify the species if you don’t have the specimen but you could try:)
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