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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 wilcoxi
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Carabidae, Caterpillar Hunter - Calosoma wilcoxi
Copyright © 2014 MJ Hatfield

Carabidae, Caterpillar Hunter - Calosoma wilcoxi
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA
Size: 21 mm
May 17, 2013: collected, a present from the Ham Fest
I happened to have a terrarium with left over meal worms so put it in there. It dug a cell under the water cup.
I checked on it weekly, sometimes I couldn't find it.
November 11, 2013: dead
I see that the end of the elytra are chewed off.

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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 18 February, 2014 - 11:35am
Last updated 13 April, 2014 - 8:20pm

Moved
Moved from Subgenus Calodrepa.
… MJ Hatfield, 18 February, 2014 - 12:34pm login or register to post comments

looks like C. wilcoxi to me
… Brad Barnd, 18 February, 2014 - 12:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Since size is the only way
I can see the difference, I wanted an expert opinion.
Thanks.
… MJ Hatfield, 18 February, 2014 - 12:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Also elytral punctures
In this species, the punctures are as wide as the intervals. In C. scrutator, the punctures are not as wide as the intervals.
… Brad Barnd, 18 February, 2014 - 1:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Interesting. More distinctions
here
… Peter W. Messer, 18 February, 2014 - 3:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Actually I did
look at this and read it. If it is at all subtle, it eludes me. Maybe side by side with someone actually pointing to the differences, maybe. I keep trying.
… MJ Hatfield, 18 February, 2014 - 4:43pm login or register to post comments

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