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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Ground and Water Beetles (Adephaga) » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Carabinae » Carabini » Calosoma
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Black Ground Beetle - Calosoma
Copyright © 2008 Lynette Schimming

Black Ground Beetle - Calosoma
Desert Hot Springs, Riverside County, California, USA
April 1, 2008
I found it interesting that this type of ground beetle was most often found crawling around inside bushes instead of on the ground.
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Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 10 April, 2008 - 10:02pm
Last updated 21 October, 2008 - 8:56am

Moved
Moved from Ground Beetles.
… Lynette Schimming, 21 October, 2008 - 8:56am login or register to post comments

Calosoma
*
… v belov, 21 October, 2008 - 1:26am login or register to post comments

How big was it
?
… Jim McClarin, 11 April, 2008 - 5:26am login or register to post comments

 
This
was the same as the others. Every one I saw was around 20-25mm.
… Lynette Schimming, 11 April, 2008 - 8:28am login or register to post comments

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