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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 Calodrepa (Calosoma Subgenus Calodrepa) » Calosoma aurocinctum
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Calosoma aurocinctum Chaudoir - Calosoma aurocinctum
Copyright © 2009 Dan Heffern

Calosoma aurocinctum Chaudoir - Calosoma aurocinctum
East of Brownsville on ebony loma about 2.5 mi E of Palmito Hill on State Hwy 4, Cameron County, Texas, USA
May 30, 2009
Outbreak of Calosoma aurocinctum east of Brownsville, Cameron Co., TX recorded by Dan Heffern.
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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 4 June, 2009 - 10:09am
Last updated 4 June, 2009 - 11:39am

Another excellent photo contribution to BugGuide
of a Mexican carabid species barely extending into USA. This one needs to be added to Mike Quinn's website "Beetles of the Lower Rio Grande Valley". Photos of such "rare" species are not readily available in print or previously on the internet.
… Peter W. Messer, 4 June, 2009 - 12:28pm login or register to post comments

 
I have a series of this speci
I have a series of this species from Tamaulipas, Mexico. Is this rare in just the US, or is it rare in general?
… Jonathan W. Quist, 23 September, 2012 - 1:48am login or register to post comments

 
Calosomas are known for their outbreaks
This sp. is rare in Texas except on this occasion when there were hundreds. This sp. is widespread in Mexico and probably undergoes similar population dynamics there as seen in Texas.
… Mike Quinn, 23 September, 2012 - 3:51am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
It makes sence, there were a ton when I got them!
… Jonathan W. Quist, 23 September, 2012 - 9:11am login or register to post comments

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