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snail eating ground beetle

Scaphinotus angusticollis

Description:

fast walking beetles found on the forest floor

1 Species ID Suggestions

shebebusynow
shebebusynow 12 years ago
snail-eating ground beetle
Scaphinotus angusticollis


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2 Comments

KarenSaxton
KarenSaxton 12 years ago

Thanks for the ID. Explains why we see empty snail shells in the forest so frequently!

KristalWatrous
KristalWatrous 12 years ago

Looks like a predacious ground beetle in the family Carabidae. http://bugguide.net/node/view/186.

KarenSaxton
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KarenSaxton

Lakeside, Oregon, USA

Spotted on Oct 23, 2011
Submitted on Oct 25, 2011

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