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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 Chrysostigma (Calosoma Subgenus Chrysostigma) » Fiery Hunter (Calosoma calidum)
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Carabidae: Calosoma? - Calosoma calidum
Copyright © 2011 Carl Barrentine

Carabidae: Calosoma? - Calosoma calidum
Turtle River State Park, Grand Forks County, North Dakota, USA
June 14, 2011
Size: Length ~ 2.5 cm
Could this specimen be C. scrutator or C. calidium (are those gold spots on the elytra?). Caterpillars gallore in the oak-linden-ash forest where found, and my left thumb and index finger did stink after handling the specimen to get a close-up shot. Hoping for help with the species identification, if possible. Thanks! ;-)
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Contributed by Carl Barrentine on 14 June, 2011 - 6:28pm

male calidus [one 'i']
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 14 June, 2011 - 6:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, v belov!
Great! That's a new beetle for me. And I note that Callisthenes is a genus that does not appear in any one of my four insect books! Callisthenes replaces Galosoma now? Hmmm...I reckon it's time to get better, more recent book on beetles! Thanks for you help with this beetle!
… Carl Barrentine, 15 June, 2011 - 9:18am login or register to post comments

 
Calosoma frigidum?
Not so sure. This might be Calosoma frigidum instead?
… Frank Guarnieri, 13 April, 2023 - 1:04pm login or register to post comments

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