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Fiery Searcher Ground Beetle

Calosoma scrutator

Description:

maybe 2.5 cm long, metallic green, in the soil hibernating, would love it if it would eat some of our tent caterpillars

Habitat:

ground urban forest

Notes:

We accidentally dug this beetle up when we were digging holes in the woods to plant tree seedlings and chopped him apart.

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2 Comments

NateAndNature
NateAndNature 8 years ago

Oops


NateAndNature
NateAndNature 8 years ago

He d
ed

Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Spotted on Mar 3, 2016
Submitted on Mar 5, 2016

Spotted for Mission

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