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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Carabinae » Carabini » Caterpillar Hunter Beetles (Calosoma) » Subgenus Calosoma (Calosoma Subgenus Calosoma) » Calosoma frigidum
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Big beetle? What type? - Calosoma frigidum - male
Copyright © 2022 Garry Foote

Big beetle? What type? - Calosoma frigidum - Male
Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada
June 17, 2022
Size: 2.5 cm
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Contributed by Garry Foote on 18 June, 2022 - 12:09am
Last updated 11 September, 2023 - 10:31am

Moved tentatively, hope the experts agree
Moved from Caterpillar Hunter Beetles.
… v belov, 11 September, 2023 - 10:31am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ground Beetles.
… Curt H., 8 January, 2023 - 12:23pm login or register to post comments

 
frigidum??
i see no NT records, but looks like other options can be ruled out
… v belov, 22 April, 2023 - 8:04pm login or register to post comments

 
I see no inconsistencies with "Calosoma frigidum".
Unless someone objects, I'll soon add this fine record to the N. Am. Caraboid Registry. Thank you Garry and V.
… Peter W. Messer, 11 September, 2023 - 3:08pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Curt H., 9 July, 2022 - 12:00am login or register to post comments

It looks like the caterpillar hunter Calosoma sayi (a male)...
...Garry you are far north, no Canadian records on bugguide for this species.
… Jeffrey A Back, 18 June, 2022 - 1:46am login or register to post comments

 
Calosoma in Fort Smith
Well there were lots of them in my yard this spring. I had never seen them before.
… Garry Foote, 12 February, 2023 - 4:24pm login or register to post comments

 
The northern march of organis
The northern march of organisms is a prediction of climate change.
… Jeffrey A Back, 12 February, 2023 - 5:21pm login or register to post comments

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