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Photo#25149
Black Caterpillar Hunter - Calosoma sayi - male

Black Caterpillar Hunter - Calosoma sayi - Male
Hwy 55 and Sedwick, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
July 20, 2005
Size: 29 mm
Dorsal view. Found scurrying around very actively near a lighted wall, it was no doubt looking for insect prey and was not at all injured. I captured it and posed it for these photos. (This series replaces an earlier BugGuide sequence from July in North Carolina so that I do not "hog the guide page".)
Image updated 3/21/21 (improved exposure and processing). Others in series need updating.
Also, this must be a male with those tarsal pads on the front legs.

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