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Beetle - Calosoma calidum
Copyright © 2007 Gordilly

Beetle - Calosoma calidum
Hitchcock Nature Center, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA
April 29, 2007
Size: about 1.5 inches

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Calosoma calidum Beetle - Calosoma calidum
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Contributed by Gordilly on 29 April, 2007 - 10:14pm
Last updated 18 November, 2009 - 9:06pm

Moved
Moved from Calosoma.
… Brad Barnd, 19 November, 2007 - 11:05pm login or register to post comments

whoa
How'd that battle turn out? This is one of the caterpillar hunters, Calosoma sayi I believe
… Ray Simpson, 29 April, 2007 - 10:20pm login or register to post comments

 
re: whoa
He broke off the attack to come after me! It was pretty vicious for a while... I didn't know a caterpillar could move that fast!
… Gordilly, 29 April, 2007 - 10:28pm login or register to post comments

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